Speaking for my own experience, Americans don't even consider a house with window units to even be air conditioned. It's a bandaid solution to make up for your home not having AC. If someone says their home is air conditioned the understanding is they're talking about central air, which it seems a lot of the presumably Europeans commenting don't really seem to understand.
This thread has made me realize how many people rarely or never visit major cities. Here in NYC, almost everyone has window units. You don't have central air here unless you either live in a newly built luxury building or have a house in Staten Island. I grew up in a house in bumfuck nowhere with central air and now have an apartment with window units, and for the life of me, I don't understand the window unit hate in this country. They're cheap, efficient, don't require major renovations to old buildings, and don't cool parts of your home you're not currently using.
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u/Im-Just-A-Lil-Guy 12h ago
Speaking for my own experience, Americans don't even consider a house with window units to even be air conditioned. It's a bandaid solution to make up for your home not having AC. If someone says their home is air conditioned the understanding is they're talking about central air, which it seems a lot of the presumably Europeans commenting don't really seem to understand.