I've heard much anecdotal evidence that air conditioning isn't common in a lot of European countries. The US used to be the same way, which meant that most suburban homes had large porches where the family would sit in the evenings to escape the heat inside the house.
Now, as A/C has become commonplace, porches have pretty much become a thing of the past, and neighborhoods have become far less social. Used to be that folks would go for walks and actually talk to their neighbors, which doesn't really happen often these days.
So, my question is: Do European homes have porches and the social interactions that go along with them?
Turbine wrote:Well im in Canada, but im 110% European.
And I own a house and lands there.
So i'm a euro.
And Canadian, so I can compare.
I can tell you AC's have nothing to with that.
Not a thing.
It is just that Europe has more culture, north anerica feels like bleach.
Pdople there are social, friendly. They share so mutch in common.
North America is all about materialism. With a bottle of bleach.
Europe has tradition and culture.
bit of a generalization, and i cant speak for canada as ive not spent much time outside of toronto, but you're kind of right, except americans have a lot in common as well. i agree we as a population are in general not nearly as social as europeans unless you delve into the communities within the larger communities or those that are being re-developed. it's there but you have to look closely.
nyc is one of the most social cities on the planet.
on another note, I don't think AC has much to do with the social interaction in neighborhoods , I think it's a shift of the social culture in the US in general that has changed alot.
riddla wrote:I guess I need to call the organizers of our 20+ yr running annual City Stages event which draws around 200k people and tell them its off now because Pext said it doesn't happen in the US. lol.
nah, but you could stop being such a defensive and reactionary twat on the internet.
i think based on this thread alone that americans and europeans are equal in their lack of knowledge of each others respective cultures or the lack thereof...
