My life history re: heating and cooling

I have been to Europe a handful of times in my life, but I've actually never been anywhere in Europe during the summer. So I was genuinely surprised to learn that many countries in Europe have extremely little air conditioning. I'd never considered running air conditioning any time I was in Europe - including the time I lived in Dublin for three or four months - so I'd never realized it wasn't available. I was silently reading a lot of the social media fighting about AC during the heat dome over Europe last week. This stuff reminds me of other conversations I've had with friends about the layout and loadout of domestic spaces in their own countries. Do you have a clothes washer? Do you have a balcony or a patio? Does it enclose? Where and how do you dry your clothes? What shape is your shower faucet knob? How many nozzles are in your shower? Is it enclosed separately from the rest of your bathroom? Where do your dishes dry? Where do you leave your shoes? These kinds of conversations…