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Re:Leaving Google by maccard on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @05:02AM (#27745768)
I live in Scotland, it peaks at 20c/68f here, but with >70% humidity, and even at that it's not often it gets that hot. AC is a nice to have on occasion, but definitely not life changing. London on the other hand, sounds liky it's almost a requirement there at this point
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Re:Leaving Google by tiagod on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @05:13AM (#27745849)
> London on the other hand, sounds liky it's almost a requirement there at this point

I live in Lisbon. Most people don't have AC at home, we survive.

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Re:Leaving Google by maccard on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @05:41AM (#27746052)
There's elements of what the housing is designed for too. I'm not sure what the common building materials are there but many houses in the UK are built of brick and not designed for airflow at all. Parts of London hit 38 degrees at one point last year.
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Re:Leaving Google by tasuki on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @10:02AM (#27748691)
Lisbon is right at the Atlantic coast. Do the summers get that hot there? Inland places get more extreme weather, both cold and hot.

Fun fact, according to Windy[0], Lisbon has 21°C right now, while eg Murmansk has 29°C.

[0]: https://www.windy.com/-Temperature-temp

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Re:Leaving Google by secondcoming on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @09:07AM (#27747992)
You need a bedside fan for a few days a year, that's about it.
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