what is that you usually do or see in your country or area but is weird to do in other area you have traveled or vice versa?? like it is unusual to wear footwear indoors in asia.

  • AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today
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    4 days ago

    almost everyone has air conditioning, so doors and windows stay closed in summer

    When I moved to the PNW, it was a shock to me that most people did not have air conditioning, especially in apartments. My first apartment had none, and summer was pretty unbearable. I think it’s climate change doing it’s thing and maybe it wasn’t needed before.

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      3 days ago

      Born and raised in the PNW, it’s a combination of climate change and more development of green spaces. Trees and wetlands do a LOT to keep the local temperature down, high-rises and parking lots do the opposite.

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      4 days ago

      Had several coworkers in the PNW when that monster heat dome sat on them a few years ago. I too was shocked at how many didn’t have AC. My boss, who makes bank, had just had it installed the previous year.

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        4 days ago

        Yeah, the heat dome was what made me finally get a heat pump installed. It was 117°F (47°C) and we had to huddle around a crappy dual hose portable a/c