I've heard Southern U.S. economic/population boom is primarily the result of affordable air conditioning, making the region livable. Our air conditioner broke down yesterday and I'm ready to leave.
It's on life support. I walked in the house yesterday and felt it was significantly warmer. Nothing that could be characterized as "cold air" was coming out of the AC vents. Shutting it off for a while and turning it back on, cool air came out for long enough to give me false hope. Suddenly, the breeze turned noticeably warmer. Something is wrong. The landlord is still in Ireland until next week. I'll be able to escape to Decatur this weekend, but I feel bad for my roommate.
At college, the cheap bastards turned the central air on about three weeks after it should have been. I remember many a sweaty night. I would spend my free time at the library, which reliably always was the first (and for a time interval only) building to be air conditioned. Unfortunately, the generously air conditioned school buildings aren't across the street where I live now, and I'll have to go home at some point. But I may just be working some long hours the next week.
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