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Growing up we only had window units, and thinking about it both of the houses I've had since didnt have a/c either.
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i haven't had AC in a house i've lived in since my parents... so 5 years (i lived with them for 6 months before i moved out again) and then 5 years before that!
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My parents house doesn't have central AC and never has. Sooo...18 years? All the other apartments I've lived in, until the one I live in now, haven't had central AC, just a window unit.
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Growing up in Michigan - never. We would come to visit my dad in Texas and they had A/C. One summer, however, he decided we were going to not use the A/C to save money. In Houston. Hottest summer of my life.
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Having AC here is a must, especially for the humidity. I've gone a few days without when it has been broken. Ugh just the thought of it is terrible!
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I didn't have central air at my college apartment, and my bedroom was a converted attic. I had a window unit, but beind on the third floor meant my window unit barely worked. So, I went three years. On the flip side, I hardly had heat too!
We have central air in our home but the unit broke. Fortunely my husband was able to fix it today!
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Another vote for my entire life
There is usually one week a year where it gets uncomfortable around here, and people end up buying small units that can roll around to different rooms in the house. I think they're pretty inexpensive as a short-term solution.
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Our condo didn't have AC and I lived there for almost 5 years. Our house AC is t working which we found out almost 2 weeks ago (first time trying to use it those year.). I've been distracted but finally called someone to look at it tomorrow morning because I also think it's affecting the baby's sleep. It's too hot with the swaddle and I am nervous about leaving her window open at night (one-story house).
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@mrbee: It's freezing in our apartment! LO is still wearing footed pajamas and we're wearing sweaters and sweatpants! Hopefully this means our apartment won't be steaming hot this summer.
We never had A/C growing up. DH and I bought A/C for our first apartment together but prior to that when I lived with roommates we never had A/C, just fans. One summer I had no fan for the beginning and I would wet a night gown in the sink, put it on, and go to bed.
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My freshmen dorm didn't have it. No AC in the muggy south. We kept doors open for a cross breeze, took cold showers before bedtime, and embraced the fan for all its worth!
Most college apartments I lived in only had window units, and the shared living spaces often didn't have one. Your bedroom was the sanctuary of cold air.
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We didn't have it growing up. My parents wouldn't even let us have window units. Oh well, we survived.
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I've lived without it most my life. I grew up in the mountains, so temperatures rarely got about 85 degrees or so, and the nights were always cool.
Even when I live in the amazon basin I didn't have AC...just relied on cold showers, fans, and open windows for breezes!
We have it now, but honestly, use it quite sparingly.
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3 months in the middle of a Texas summer... I worked for a church camp and the AC kept going out in the church. We couldn't even go upstairs to the dorms because it was so hot you would pass out after 5 minutes up there. We slept in the huge room downstairs with tons of fans and ice water and enjoyed car rides to other places because of the AC in the car and the places we went. It was MISERABLE.
Now that I am pregnant? I can't go more than a day without being in pain. We had our AC go out the other day and we were lucky enough that the came the next morning to fix it. I was DYING.
Living in Texas during the spring/summer/fall (so pretty much year round. lol) not having AC is killer. I have always had AC anywhere I lived unless it was broken. It is actually even required by law. It doesn't have to work great, it just has to be there. (Atleast if you are renting or selling a property. They could care less if you rip it out of your own home.... like a crazy person...)
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2 years and I learned that AC is one of those things I can't live without lol.
We have a window unit AC in our living room window, and it's only really on when it's super hot/humid. Otherwise we just leave the windows open.
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People in Seattle don't really have AC, and definitely not in Eastern Washington where I grew up (and summers are 90+ degrees!). The heat over there is a dry heat though, so no humidity and I think much more bearable.
We freeze wet washcloths and go to sleep with them on our foreheads to keep cool. Or close the windows during the day, but open them at night to cool down the house. -
Most of my childhood, lol. None of the houses we've lived in since we've been married have had central air, but we have a window unit that we've drug along with us from house to house. Here in ND we really only "need" it for a week or two out of the year, and like @Pink Champagne said, it's a dry heat. But the sun on the Northern Plains is positively brutal when you're out in it and being inside with the kids can make the house really humid, so we use it. Most of the time we shut it off overnight though because things cool down so much when the sun goes down and the temps become positively pleasant and we open the windows and listen to the crickets chirping and the coyotes howling and yipping instead.
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