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‘It’s unbearable’: in ever-hotter US cities, air conditioning is no longer enough (www.theguardian.com)
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Record-breaking temperatures in the last few years shatter the myth that air conditioning alone will keep people safe

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[–] stoly 1 points 6 months ago

Architects and engineers designed properties cheaply with the idea that modern refrigeration would take care of everything. Houses or apartments built 100 years ago don't really have such a problem with cooling compared to a house put up in 1950.