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Apr. 28th, 2009 06:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sophiaserpentiaOne of the worst things, IMO and IME, about living in New England, is the puritan ethic against air conditioning.
It was 94º in Cambridge today. In the South, when it reaches 94º -- no problemo, we got air conditioning! We'll just crank that sucker up and you'll be comfy in no time.
Here? It's like there's a pathological hatred of A/C. Everyone *has* it, they just don't like to use it. I guess they think sweltering is good for the soul. I spent a whole day in my office sweltering, for no good reason that i could discern, only to leave the office and climb on a bus which was... also sweltering, for no good reason. I know they have A/C in both my office building and in all the buses, because in the past on some occasions they have actually used them. But never consistently. I wonder if people here use A/C and then feel like they have to pray for their sins at confessional next week. Even moving air seems to be an indulgence.
It was 94º in Cambridge today. In the South, when it reaches 94º -- no problemo, we got air conditioning! We'll just crank that sucker up and you'll be comfy in no time.
Here? It's like there's a pathological hatred of A/C. Everyone *has* it, they just don't like to use it. I guess they think sweltering is good for the soul. I spent a whole day in my office sweltering, for no good reason that i could discern, only to leave the office and climb on a bus which was... also sweltering, for no good reason. I know they have A/C in both my office building and in all the buses, because in the past on some occasions they have actually used them. But never consistently. I wonder if people here use A/C and then feel like they have to pray for their sins at confessional next week. Even moving air seems to be an indulgence.
