Lots of power outages during an extreme October heat wave in Southern California today...

[SheilaT]

4. In 2008, when my marriage was coming to an end,

and I chose to relocate from the Kansas City area, I decided that since I had choices, I would not to live in a place where I'd need air conditioning. I'd been very tempted to move to the DC area, where I'd lived many years earlier, but the a/c thing was a deal breaker.

I now live in Santa Fe. I don't have a/c. I do have a ceiling fan in my main room, and I judiciously open and close windows and doors. I have to point out that I open the door to my back yard some time in April, and it doesn't get closed (other than when the rain is blowing water in) until mid October.

In addition, the window in my bedroom is open most of that time.

Two days ago I finally had to close the window and the door overnight, because it's gotten cool enough.

Oh, and I've lived in more than one place where I absolutely had to have a/c, including Phoenix and Tucson. Never again.