An Addiction

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Another short thought piece. I went for a walk to get some exercise this morning, just around my neighborhood, nothing long or interesting, only a half-mile or so total. But I noticed while I was walking that less than a quarter of the houses along my walk had their windows open. Now, if I lived someplace extraordinarily hot, or humid, or worse a combination, I would understand. Keep the nice cool air-conditioned air inside the house as much as you can. But this is Michigan, it was 72° F, only supposed to get up to 85° this afternoon, with no humidity worth mentioning. In other words, great weather. So, why were these houses bundled up like it was below 40° or above 95°? I even noticed several with their air conditioning units running. I guess that’s their right, but why would you spend money on that?

My personal opinion is that Americans have an addiction to airconditioned air; natural air is somehow repellent to us anymore. I could be wrong. My sample size is tiny, my method far from scientific, but wow, just wow.