r/AskReddit • • 9h ago

"those little differences" Americans who visited Europe, what was surprisingly different for you?

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u/OmegaTheta 8h ago

No air conditioning is fine. For places like Switzerland or Northern Italy where they can definitely afford it, it's obviously a deliberate choice and I respect that. But why, why, why would bug screens then not be on windows by default? 

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u/Takssista 8h ago

We like to stick our heads out the window sometimes...

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u/OmegaTheta 8h ago

Then slide open the screen...

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u/Takssista 8h ago

Already did that with the glass - why double the work?

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u/OmegaTheta 8h ago

Because there's no air conditioning.

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u/Takssista 8h ago

True - but we almost don't have bugs inside either.