Am I the only one?

I'm with you! I do not have air conditioning, and I don't even want it. ACs are a huge drain on electricity, and I try to keep my utilities low. Plus, I tend to get cold really easily. When I lived with my grandparents, I had to wear sweaters during the summer because they had their AC on so high. I still take a sweater or jacket with me when I go shopping or out to eat, because most stores and restaurants are just too cold with the AC on. And it is annoying when people complain about how they just can't possibly survive without the air conditioning, because the human race survived without AC for thousands of years.

Where do you live, State I mean, or region.
I am in Atlanta and I have it here, when I lived in down town Chicago I did not have it the first summer, but the second I got a window unit for my bedroom, I have a hard time sleeping when I am hot.

I can understand your frustration when you are without it all the time and then someone who loses it for a day complains.

I'm in the Uk and although it does get pretty hot these days in the summer, we make do with fans. Straight out of the shower dripping to in front of the fan normally works!!

People are spoiled when they complain about the heat with no a/c. I grew up without A/C. My parents never had A/C in New York. They moved to Massachuettes the same thing no A/C. When I first had A/C it was in my house it was only one each in the two bedrooms. Now I live in New Mexico and have central air. To be honest though I prefer no A/C at all. I get to cold with the A/C. Has for my parents they are now in Florda with the central Air and my mom is constantly lowering the temp while my dad keeps raising it. The way to survive without A/C is to keep blinds or curtains closed during the day when sun can come in. Happy Birthday to your son. My granddaughter is 3. They are so adorable at this age. Enjoy and Good luck to you and your family!

I have air conditioning, but I'd rather not use it. Air conditioning could give you a cool room temperature, but it also means some kind of contamination. Admit or not, the side effect is very serious. If you could live without it, forget it.

i dont have a/c in my truck and it sucks cause i have all balck interior:(

Well I happen to be the lucky one and have central ac. I am not sure how it is like to live without it because I have grown up with it all of my life. Now we dont turn ours on until it gets really hot and muggy outside which it is this week. Today at 6pm it was 85 and muggy. I dont think I would be able to live without some kind of air.

we dont have central air, but we do have a portable air conditioner plus a lot of fans. i work in air conditioning and most days when i am there i end up freezing! our summers are pretty short here in canada anyways, if i get too hot (i get headaches when i am really hot) we go to the mall or the library.

we dont have air conditioning either, and we live in TX, but even though we have 5 window units in the shed we wont use them, since it costs so much to run them, and for some reason if im in A/C for more than an hour i will get sick, im used to the heat i guess and I think its a good thing for the kids to get used to as well so they wont go insane when times get hard LOL

only problem we have now is tho its in the 100 and its all dry heat so the fan is just blowing hot air on us but it is ice to have the windows and doors open and hear the sounds of nature during the day:)

~M~

I have had to do without A/C for a few weeks at a time on several occasions. One time I remember was when I was living at home with my parents. The A/C died during the middle of the summer. It wasn't that bad actually, because the house has lots of windows and we had fans everywhere.

Another time was after Hurricane Ivan hit Pensacola, Florida. We were without power where I lived for two weeks. The only source of power we had was a generator, and we used it to run the important things like the freezers and refrigerators, and we used them to run a couple of small lamps at night. The days were the worst, but the nights were a little cooler, because it was September when it hit, and the nights had started to cool down a little.

The last time I was without A/C for any significant time was the result of another hurricane. Hurricane Dennis hit Pensacola in mid-July. We were without power for a couple of weeks. It was TERRIBLE. The nights were not a welcome relief from the days at all.