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I started saving a lot on central air conditioning expense several years ago by adding a small room unit, the kind that can easily be installed and removed in a window as needed, to the room where I spend most of my daytime, and adding a split AC / heat pump in my bedroom suite, which I only use when I sleep. This allows me to keep the central unit on 80° for 24/7, yet keep the two most used rooms in the house much cooler during the time I’m using those rooms. I grew up in the Deep South in the ‘70s and almost everyone had AC, although often in only part of the house.

I love how she talks about Venetian pool and I used to go for camp there in the late 2000s

My electricity is off in Texas and I am dying

The house I grew up in Air Conditioning was a rare luxury. Summers in MN can be very hot and humid, think 10,000 lakes. My Dad would not turn on the AC no matter how humid it was until it was 90 or hotter inside and the carpet fibers were melting. Then the AC would only be turned on for a few hours over night and shut off first thing in the morning because "It's nice" we'll turn it back on later. I currently have to keep the house below 75f for my wife's condition. Current temp 72f.

Great video! Just think of the billions of humans who survived over generations in some of the harshest environments on our planet. To this day most still don’t have AC. What I learned spending time in Belize is that you have to take it slow, and that’s why people go there to relax! Trying to do business there gets complicated though 😅

These people brought back many happy memories of a time now long gone. Has technology helped us or hurt us? I feel we lived better, richer, happier, more connected lives without it.

"You don't see fans going everywhere." Good one!

I felt so sorry for our teachers, who were all layered with habits in the summers. It wasn't until years later that I understood why Sister Antoinette Marie, then in her mid-seventies and 80 pounds overweight, was so upset in summers. You're in a cooler place now, Sister.

Love all these memories. The gentleman who talked about swimming in the gravel pit tickled me no end, especially, the part about 30 dogs following the children to the forbidden gravel pit, who wanted to swim too.

We swam in the gulf at St. Petersburg, Indian Rocks, Englewood and Long Boat Key most summers. We also had a well, so, played under the cool clear water from the hose in the summers at home, even in the neighbors ditch after heavy rains. Hillsborough and Myakka Rivers provided relief too, and Lithia Springs a time or two. But, we couldn't stay in water all the time, and I remember some nights it got so brutally hot, I had difficulty sleeping. I look back now and wonder how we endured it. Looking back I have newfound respect for Mother, who cooked, cleaned and ran after babies, pregnant, in that heat, summer after summer. My grandmother helped by hanging out clothes, taking them down, folding them, mending and whatever else she saw needed doing, including entertaining children on rainy and sick days. There's a reason people who live in the south move more slowly. Do things fast, and you won't do them long. Grandmother used to fan herself with a hand held paper fan, which works remarkably well, but you can't do much one handed. I still think of my father under the old Ford in the dead of heat doing repairs, endlessly repairing the mower, mowing the yard, adding rooms onto the house with my granddad, laying concrete for a patio, and all else I'm sorry I never noticed back then. Those people were tough and resilient, not by choice, but because they knew no different, and because they had to be. I've gotten soft in my elder years. Still have great respect for those who came before us. They were the children of pioneers, and all had true grit. Some who live off grid now have my admiration too. We can do what we have to when we do it together.

Yes, we swam in the gulf at St. Petersburg Beach, Indian Rocks Beach, Englewood and Long Boat Key mostly summers. We also had a well, so, played under the cool clear water from the hose in the summers. Hillsborough and Myakka Rivers were great too. But, we couldn't stay in water all the time, and I remember some nights it got so brutally hot, I had a hard time sleeping. Really, I look back now and wonder how we endured those nights. Especially Mother who cooked, cleaned and ran after babies, pregnant in that heat, summer after summer. My grandmother helped immensely by hanging out clothes, taking them down, folding them, mending and whatever else she saw needed doing. We were responsible for helping her, then putting our own clothes away. There's a reason people who live in the south move more slowly. Do things fast, and you won't do them long. Grandmother used to fan herself with a hand held paper fan, which works remarkably well, but you can't do much one handed. I still think of my father under the old Ford in the dead of heat doing repairs, yard work and whatever else he did I never really paid attention to, now sorry I didn't. Those people were tough and resilient, not by choice, but because they knew no different, and because they had to be. I've gotten soft in my elder years. Still have great respect for those who came before us. They were the children of pioneers, and all had true grit. Some who live off grid now have my admiration too.

In 1955 we had an attic fan I don't recall being nearly as effective as ceiling fans today, but better than nothing. As children, in summers we got under the hose a lot. I still have a small glass spray bottle I spray myself down with when it gets too hot. I also wet my hair and leave it wet. Under a ceiling fan, that feels nice. Drink plenty of water so as not to dehydrate. An outdoor kitchen would be good too. And, prepare four or five meals that will last all week. And, of course we kept windows open, with a box fan in a few to remove the hot air. Living without AC can be done. It just takes raw determination. We are facing doing it again, because our HVAC is old and failing, something like ourselves. 😂

Problem is, your "breez" was the hot miserable air coming from outside ugh, which means they're just trying to keep their houses from getting hotter than outside

When my mother was little and her parents got their first home, it didn’t have AC. My mother has extreme heat intolerance, as do I; it’s not just uncomfortable for us, but heat stroke and profuse vomiting are constant. Anyway, my mother was so sick from having no AC in Alabama that she missed 4 weeks of school! Her parents installed an air conditioner a week or so later. Me? Same way. Our AC has been out for 2 weeks and within a day I was sweating, vomiting, blurred vision, etc. The only reason I survived was because we got a 10,000 BTU window unit for the interim of getting the unit replaced. I made it 3 days without air conditioning, and it was only 78° outside! no joke, my town actually built a tribute to AC downtown in 2009. Both my mother and I without AC would literally die. Best invention ever!

80? I don’t think so I’m comfortable at a cool 78!! I’d rather be cool and comfortable than burning up I just got 2 new air conditioners installed 4 days ago!! I’m now ready to talk let these very hot south Texas summer month’s ahead!! 🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶

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Im from india and i still don't have access to AC in my home due to poverty 😂

My grandma didn’t have ac it was never hot in her house she would open all windows at night and close them when the sun started to come up and would keep blinds closed on the side of the house the sun was. She had a ceiling fan i assume she regulated cooking.

It wouldn’t be as hot if there weren’t ever destruction of natural civilization. The trees were clearly the shade.

The house I grew up in St. Pete had an attic fan. Now in an apartment with a broken a/c I really miss that fan😩🥹Jump in the pool is a fantastic idea Grandma!

My AC broke down we have temps to about 108 degrees out here in good ol NM. You have to learn how to deal without these luxuries to really enjoy them.

Florida didn't invent Air Conditioning lmfao

Now, none of these women lived at any time that air conditioning didn’t exist, but it would have been very rare when they were young

Well those times were not so hot like know today becuase of car pollution that causes global warming back then the max temperature was 78°f know it gets up to 98°f to 102°f which is hotter and dangerous for people that aren't hydrated or can keep water moisture on their bodies all becuase of carbon dioxide pollution

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I mean, this is still the reality for a lot of people... like me

They talk like a lack of AC is illegal now. So many wealthy cities around the world don't have ACs commonplace. You just open/close Windows and doors, spray water, take showers, swim, move less, nap during the hot hours, etc

I went to school in Florida in the early seventies, no A/C. The heat and the drone of the fans would put you to sleep. We swam in canals and the sea to cool off. That's probably why I became an A/C Tech!

turn the cold water off that goes the water heater?

I'm sorry but this is such an American video. I have been to many countries, quite hot ones as well, and there are a lot of people who still do not have air conditioning. You don't need to look for an answer in the past, just ask someone from today.

We do not really have it in most houses in the UK. Only buisnesses, hospitals and cars. They don't even generally have it in schools and colleges

How tf did I end up here lmao

IMHO a/c has made wusses of people. I'm 72 and very seldom use mine, it has to be above 100, with humidity, three days in a row, before I turn it on. And even then its only from Memorial Day to Labour Day, when its stored away for the next year. I worked outside most of my life and heat is just something you get used to. Its summer. Its supposed to be hot. Deal with it. Open windows and fans. Pull the top down a bit to let out the hot air, bottom open to let in cool. Never had a/c growing up, never missed it.

My maternal grandparents moved to Leisure City FL (near Homestead) in 1959. They bought a poured-concrete house that was touted to be bomb-proof (remember that the USSR was alarming Cuba back then). That house was nice and cool. They would eat their main meal about 1:00 pm and then take a nap during the hottest part of the day. They said that a lot of the stores closed down like that, too, then they would re-open and stay open until 8 or 9:00 pm. Of course, they were on the Atlantic side, so you always got a bit of a breeze. I lived in Naples FL for the last 30 years and it was not fit for man or beast. It was hot and stayed hot day and night. The wind was even hot! You would go from your air conditioned apartment to your air conditioned car to your air conditioned work to your air conditioned car and back to your air conditioned apartment. "Season" is from November to Easter, and that's when all the well-to-do people come down. The weather is slightly better, but the beaches are jammed. No parking anywhere, and so we worked a lot of overtime. Summer was awful. Work hours were cut down, so youhadtime toyourself, but it was so blistering hot you couldn't stand to go outside. Glad I am back up north for good.

@4:50 "oh that's white"???? WTF RASIST AS OLD WHITE PEOPLE

I grew up without AC. Today, I still dont have, or use it. It does require thought as to what you're going to do for the day, but it's possible with just a couple of fans to exist. I like my windows and doors open. I have always lived in NJ. My cousin lives in Homestead Fla. No tan for her. She goes from AC house, to car, to work and back. Not for me thanks.

Air conditioners were made in 1906 dummy

My house was built in 1901. The ceilings are twelve feet and it has a wide central hallway on the first and second floor. The windows are three parted (hard to describe). The top portion is a sideways slider, the middle is stationary and the bottom slides upwards. They are very large. All of the rooms have large windows above the doors that tip out. I was told that it was for air circulation during the summer. I wish I was able to submit a photo because I didn't explain it very well. I live in Northwest Florida.

My grandma walked to school up hill both ways thru a river in paper bag shoes

Windows open at night and shut in the day. Canadian farm tips 101

My grandma still dorsnt have AC. She has a big fan that looks like an Ottoman that she puts in the center of the room and it keeps the air flowing. We live in upstate NY so heat isn't all that much of an issue.

Sitting in my apartment in the middle of a summer heat wave with no AC rn lmao

This was awesome. Hearing the ladies swap memories, and violet remembering her cute lil halter dress. I actually grew up with no air conditioning, but in Minneapolis not Florida. It gets very hot and humid here too though, even 100 degrees. I swam with my dog in a creek nearby.

Learn from my Persian ancestors. Wind catcher towers

As a carpenter we worked in the sun all day. In the morning its cooler , as it gets hotter as the day drags on, your body climatizes. But today, walking out into the heat from AC after 12 pm it feels like an oven.

2022 i can't afford an air condition.... so yea.....my life before the AC

They are correct, we are spoiled. At 105 degrees in Montana in the 50s, cars and houses were hot. We slide around on the seats in cars while the wing windows blew hot air on you. In our homes we opened the windows, turned on the fans especially at night. That was during “ climate change” years ago.😉

I fucking love air conditioning.