[TalBlack]

My parents, born in the 1920s and raised in Brooklyn never even considered air conditioning for our south Shore LI home. I, on the other hand, never having suffered a Brooklyn summer, never considered living without AC once I was on my own.

[dhs12345]

When we moved to the Boulder area 22 years ago, we thought that we could do without Air Conditioning. Our previous house, the houses where we each grew up, and our apartments didn't have Air. Summers were hot but we would retired the basement or our first house had a nice cross breeze when we opened the windows.

It was a huge mistake and that first summer was he!!. We survived but by the second summer we had air conditioning. It might be the difference in architecture, a brand new home or maybe the area was warmer and more humid. But no doubt we needed air-conditioning!

As we have learned in our travels, the East, South, and Midwest can be miserable. It is the humidity that is a killer.

I often wonder what life was like in those areas 100 years ago. Worst of all, no deodorant and a once-a-year bath (whether you needed it or not).