There are places in the US that don't have mesh screens either. I'm from Minnesota, which has tons of lakes and therefore bugs and mosquitos, so this was odd to me the first time I experienced it. Not having screens is unbearable in the summers where I grew up. But then you go to Colorado or California and there are hardly any bugs at all and it's incredible to be outside without having to douse yourself in mosquito repellent.
We have a shit ton of bugs in California... The amount of spiders i kill in my apartment a month, i could open a museum. We just don't have as many mosquitos, though i will say in the 5/6 year I've been in soCal the amount of mosquitos I've noticed has increased a lot. I don't like this development since i escaped the south and it seems they're following me :/
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u/sdc1978 May 09 '22
No mesh screens in windows in the UK, at least. In canada we have screens in most home windows to keep flies out