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dutch777

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1. AC was the exception in residences in Seattle before but with climate change and wildfires that is no longer the case.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2026, 06:06 PM

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We lived in three different houses over 30 years in Seattle and never had nor felt we needed AC. Then came the warmer summers and then wildfire smoke. The latter plus traffic drove us from the area entirely. Public schools were the same way and I suspect that is also no longer the case.

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AC was the exception in residences in Seattle before but with climate change and wildfires that is no longer the case. dutch777 Monday #1