American reacts to USA vs UK SHOCKING cultural DIFFERENCES

[@beccatimps]

The UK is further north than people think, London is on a similar latitude to Calgary in Canada, we only get milder weather because of the warmer water of the gulf stream flowing round our islands.

[@Scottistic]

Ye Scotland is the same latitude with southern alaska. Also Copenhagen

[@Shoomer1988]

@@Scottistic Yeah, Glasgow pretty much lines up with Moscow.

[@carolineskipper6976]

Tumble dryers. A lot of people who have space for one do have one- but often use it very sparingly. I only use mine for towels, and for bedding if we have a long rainy spell. I almost always dry mine on an outdoor line. Reasons for not using a dryer are genuinely environmental, but also cost of running one.

[@ABauland]

I use mine for every thing!

[@14caz68]

I can’t afford to run one 😩

[@ElandBee]

We have a ceiling fan in the conservatory, think we've used it twice in ten years. Our other fans were used for about two weeks this year and have now been stored until when or if we have another heatwave. Quite simply the UK isn't hot enough for air conditioning or ceiling fans. A conservatory is nothing like a greenhouse!

[@davidbrown7538]

The point that the British girl failed to make is the electricity in the UK is quite expensive so most people don’t use tumble driers often. Also the houses are generally small so might not have enough room for a tumble drier in the kitchen next to the washing machine.

[@fionagregory9147]

Never heard of AC. Britain is cool, and we can open windows FFS.

[@sunseeker9581]

Britain doesn't need air con. Its just not hot enough. We open a window. Maybe use a fan a few days a year. That's it. It's just not that hot here. Larger houses probably have a dryer. But they're not that popular we just hang it up on an clothes horse or outside on the line. Sometimes we need dehumidifiers to avoid damp in rooms you dry your washing

[@Drkfire_Yt]

I could nvr live in britain u all say it dont get hot but to me id die man and he said if it wasnt above 79 u woultn need ac man i run it in the winter i get hot legit vry ezily me and heat dont mix(btw i live in florida and winter is false) it can get below freezing make my body cold and if the ac goes off id die off heat in 5 min i warn any1 that doesnt like heat to nvr come hear

[@Mrdinomist]

Agreed only Mediterranean countries in Europe need it .

[@ninanlovespeanut]

Answer for what we do in Finland, because over 90% of homes does not have ac. We 1. Open doors/ windows. Temperature is usually below 85 degrees Fahrenheit and gets cooler at night. 2. Use electronic fans 3. For an infant/toddler i would bathe them in slightly cool water before nap time to lower the body heat. Also cold drinks and popsicles. On the other hand most infants sleep outside in 5-10 Fahrenheit wether in the snow for naps during winter, in a stroller of course.

[@definitelynotatroll246]

American houses are made of wood and are cheaper to build, while ours are made of brick so there gonna be smaller. Also land here is super expensive well because we’re a tiny island with a massive population. So developers will try and build as many houses as they can on a tiny plot of land

[@syncacct8576]

Wooden frame houses also get a lot hotter than massive brick houses when it is hot outside. Hence the need for aircon and fans. Look at southern Europe, Spain, Greece, etc. People have been living for hundreds or years in hot climates without cooling as the houses have been built to stay cooler.

[@MrStratofish]

I just measured my 1 bed UK apartment as 2 floors of around 9x18ft, so 324 square feet total. Certainly not huge but it's liveable. I've been here 10 years I was also born in early 1976 just before a summer heatwave so I was a newborn with no A/C at around 96ish degrees. People have been living with it for thousands of years

[@michw3755]

I've had a tumble dryer for over 30 years but I do know people who don't have them and don't want them, they're not expensive to buy but are considered expensive to run

[@alex22tp]

i mean why pay for something that mother nature does for free?

[@nachtet4259]

Hi from Germany! I've never had a dryer and know many people who haven't. It's mostly because there's no need, so the environmental aspect comes in as "why use electricity for something the wind and sun can do for free?" If you live in a country where it's hot enough to need AC, what do you need a dryer for? 😀 Whenever I have used a dryer (in hospital or on holiday) I found the amount of lint amazing. Do your clothes wear down quicker, when you use a dryer? 🤔

[@TryinBin8889]

"How would you not have an attic?" I feel like an attic is a very northern American thing. In Australia, only ever heard of attics from watching American movies. Same with a basement- we don't get earthquakes or tornadoes/hurricanes so we don't have a basement either. EDIT: we also don't have dryers really. Hang them up on the clothesline outside. When it rains, we have an indoor clothes frame we hang the clohes on and sit them over the heater. We also have switches on every outlet. Helps to not accidentally leaves thing on for safety reasons, stops using electricity (which adds up in expenses quickly). I prefer it

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

The house my mother lived in had an attic but not really. It was more like another floor without inside walls to Separate it into rooms and slightly lower. We basically used it to hang clothes and as a secondary basement storage. (Living on the 3rd/4th floor meant it was closer than running all the way down.

[@TryinBin8889]

@@HappyBeezerStudios That's so interesting!! Always fascinates me to hear about others experiences when they're so different to mine

[@deniskramer3562]

In Germany we also have attics, especially in apartment buildings. Often this is the place to hang our clothes to dry, when it is raining outside or when it´s winter.

[@Ariadne-cg4cq]

The reason houses are on average smaller is because land is expensive because we have a population of 67 million in a small island.

[@Ariadne-cg4cq]

It never really gets hot in the UK and even when we get a heatwave it only ever gets to about 35C And it only lasts a few days in the year.

[@Zilen-isHere]

by watching and learning about the average US person, i have learned that People in the US kinda lives in a bubble. it's kinda sad really. when i was a kid living in Norway i dreamt about traveling to the US. i have visited a lot of countries around the world by now, and i can honestly say that the US is not on the bottom of my list but not far from it

[@thaknows2503]

average gas & electric bill is £2600 in UK per year that's why we don't use dryers a/c etc bills would be horrific

[@stevenkaye1625]

Really enjoying your reactions dude! I like how you look things up "live" if you don't know what they're referencing as well -- too many reactors are just like "let me know what that is in the comments!" lol. Edit: Also in regards to heatwaves in the UK, this summer we had a good two weeks of weather over like 35C every day (with a couple of days near 40C) and it was hell lol. Our house actually has a portable AC unit that we bought for when that happens now, which seem to be getting more common here.

[@JocaGod]

yeah years ago when I got ac it was a luxury we didn't really need it (or use it) but now every year it becomes more of a necessity

[@SNMG7664]

"I assume you guys need to use the AC in your car sometimes" Most people I know don't own or want to own a car lol

[@Drkfire_Yt]

Cars r awsome to look at an watch but ima b honest driving aint that fun to much crap to pay attention to (from the US btw)

[@elemar5]

@@Drkfire_Yt I love driving. I love cars. I just purchased my first car with A/C. A slight improvement over the old fashioned heater. We have a greater need to heat our cars rather than cool them.

[@Drkfire_Yt]

@@elemar5 ye i live in florida the heater will nvr b on but for maybe 5 min. Max if it gets cold enough in the winter and evn then its usually just the a/c

[@tedroper9195]

Another reason AC is not pushed is that they output heat which is not good for the environment. As many European countries have environmental policies I suspect the use of AC's would not be encouraged.

[@faerlabaermar]

the heat output of the AC is just heat would exist on its own naturally if the house itself was not containing it. The environmental impact of AC comes from refrigerant gasses and their production as well as the energy load of running them.

[@tedroper9195]

@@faerlabaermar Fair Comment

[@silkwesir1444]

I think it's rather that electricity tends to be more expensive in Europe than in the US.

[@enemde3025]

No AC in the UK. We just open the windows ! 100 degrees is the BOILING POINT OF water !! Conservatories are usually too hot in summer and too cold in winter because of all the glass. British people don't usually know or care about the square footage of their property as it's not included in the house details. Older terraced houses , "or 2 up 2 downs", have just that. 2 rooms upstairs and 2 rooms downstairs. Not all cars have AC either. I have never seen a UK house with ceiling fans, and I'm 67 years old. Just looked up the price of washer/driers in the UK. Between £650 to £ 1100. That's why we don't have them ! Comfort costs money !! With the crazy price hikes in home energy at the moment we have to economise.

[@lphaetaamma291]

5:00 in german those things are called "Wintergarten" (literally "winter garden")

[@emmahowells8334]

In the UK when we do have hot weather, we use fans, ceiling fans or opening the windows. UK do have ceiling fans, just not in every home & you would have to have it installed yourself, it doesn't come as standard in the UK. In the UK, you can have a dryer separate or a combo of washer/dryer. If it rains, you bring the clothes in and out them on a drying stand in front of the radiator to dry. But not every house would have a dryer, but most of not all would have a washing machine tho. Switches are on all plug sockets in the UK, unless you have a really old house that hasn't changed them, if you don't press the switch no power will come out, even though you'll have the plug in.

[@katherineschmidt2075]

With the switches on the walls. It depends on the voltage you have generally in the house. I think USA is actually on a lower current hence no need for a switch, in Australia we have 240volts so we use the on/off switch on all power points. Conservatories in the UK are to trap heat so having a warm natural sunlight helps with giving you vitamin D from the sun, as not much Sun in the UK. UK have central heating radiator, which keeps all houses warm and constant temp. 28degree Celsius is so hot for them. Here in Australia and USA 28deg. Celsius is real nice weather.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

We also have 230V here, but no switches on the outlets. But then, we use Type F plugs, which are isolated until the plug is in, so the voltage is not an issue.

[@syncacct8576]

I believe the switches in sockets and fuses in plugs are a product of ring wiring, which is common in the UK. We have radial circuits with breakers, so no need for fused plugs or switches in the sockets.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

@@syncacct8576 Sometimes I think the best plug/socket would be one that combines all the good features of all the different systems into one ultimate socket. The fuse in the plug is one of those features

[@daveofyorkshire301]

What they're calling a greenhouse attached to your house is a conservatory or sun room. They're not as common as they make out, but if someone builds on their house it's likely to be something like this, because it's relatively cheap since it's all glass and plastic once you get above the foundations.

[@bevbear1534]

In the UK ceiling fans are trashy as well as really not needing them, maybe in a conservatory where it does get extremely hot. We have learnt to replace the glass roof with tiles now though. AC in the hotels and cars. Lots have tumble dryers plus a separate utility room. Conservatories are common. Switched sockets are for safety (ie children poking things in) Our terraced houses are your town houses.

[@danabe3220]

In the US many people have a heat pump unit that heats and cools the house. At least here in the Pacific Northwest. Although we have a dryer we hang our clothes on a line outside when warm and in a drying room in the winter. A dryer costs so much to run.

[@auldfouter8661]

I had to do a rough tally up to find the square footage of my house - I couldn't have quoted it off hand. Between leaving the farmhouse I lived in for 62 years ( it ended up with 6 bedrooms and 4 public rooms) and moving to where I am now , I lived in a rented 2 bed cottage. The main thing I noticed there, was I could plug the hoover into the socket in the centre passage and vacuum the whole house without shifting the plug once. The old farmhouse got rewired in 1987 , and that's when all the round pinned 15 amp and 5 amp plugs disappeared in favour of the square pinned 13 amp ones , with internal fuses.

[@PerryCJamesUK]

Believe it or not, people were still having lovely little babies even before air conditioning!!! lol

[@Brad02K]

In the UK, people have garages but no one puts their cars in them, they’re just used to store stuff or turned into a bar or something Also I’ve lived in one house that had a ceiling fan just in the living room (and maybe dining room, I can’t remember) but that is the only time I’ve ever seen it

[@kronos2611]

When it comes to a dryer I'd say they are quite common, but more so in the combo washing machine and dryer being one machine. These are awful so tend not to get used. Remember our average smaller house sizes also means that we often don't have space as particularly in older or smaller (average) homes your washing machine and dryer would be in the kitchen which can mean picking between a dryer and a dish washer and I know which I'd prefer :)

[@iandodds5448]

We have AC in supermarkets, it always feels a bit weird though. 25 degrees C is a hot day in the UK.

[@jo.s7993]

The sockets are 240v in the UK rather than 120v. Having been electrocuted a couple of times in my life it was enough to fling me across the room. The worst time it happened was when my then boyfriends sister couldn't be bothered to unplug something at their art gallery & just cut the flex with scissors (she wasn't very bright) Unfortunately my head hit the wall mid fling which knocked me out cold. Seriously Ryan, you'll wish the outlets had on off switches as your little person get's to that "O look an orifice! I think I'll stick my finger in it!" They all do it!

[@syncacct8576]

It is impossible to stick anything into EU Schuko sockets. Both prongs need to go in simultaneously for the child safety covers to open. I believe the reason for the switch and the plugs having a fuse comes from the wiring, which is (was) typically a ring circuit in the UK, whereas the continental Europe uses radial circuits with cabling coming in a starlike fashion from a cabinet with breakers. Hence no need for plugs with fuses or sockets with switches. I have KNX, so every room has controlled sockets that I can switch on/off either with a physical switch, my phone, or with a timer. That is how I turn on small lamps on the window sills based on an astro clock.

[@LAGoodz]

Just a little fact. From experience I accidentally touched the pos/neg currents with my left and right hand respectively whilst changing a small strip kitchen counter bulb and got a massive shock. The MASSIVE thing to remember if using two hands is the shock current travels thru both arms your body and thru theheart having made a circuit. I was thrown back and could feel my heart fluttering whilst on the floor. Luckily I was ok.

[@npiontek]

A dryer is not needed, really. They're expensive and it's more environmentally friendly to just let it dry by hanging it up.

[@gavinhall6040]

We have 70 million people in the size of a small US state. Terraced houses were started when people worked in factories or big industry in cities, because we are a small country we needed lots of people in smaller places.... hence a terraced house. If you live in the countryside like me in Cornwall, you might have extra space. We get a month of AC weather every 4 years so you don't need anything more than a fan.

[@definitelynotatroll246]

Also there houses are made out of wood so they can afford to build bigger homes, lands cheaper over there too

[@mariaborgvall7350]

100°F and a new born baby? That is a baby wearing nothing but nappies and being dabbed with a wet washcloth in front of a fan. That's how I did it anyway. Not fun, but one day of a lifetime

[@richt71]

It can get fairly hot in London. A few days hit the 90's...this year we had a record of 104f! There were wild fires from dry land that is unusual. Terrace houses are like row houses. Most towns and cities how lots of them. They were built for workers and originally contained a kitchen/dining room and a living room. Most had no indoor bathroom and were heated by open fires. Most have now been extended into the yard and now have bathrooms inside. Dryer's aren't unusual here but generally many are washer/dryer combo. Electric sockets here have to an on'off switch as a safety feature. 240 volts in UK sockets can give you a shock!

[@Drkfire_Yt]

Thats not hot by pure temp arizona gets hotter but if u wanna die come to florida u will legit melt not kidding btw the heat can get so bad it causes damage and that just actual temp add in the insane humidity and it adds about 20-40 degrees depending and can cause legit damage to the ppl hear theres a reason most of us r almost always in the water hear or using ac we stay out the heat as much as possible cause it can legit kill us

[@Colin-mc4ml]

Ryan our houses are smaller in the UK because there isn't the land to build large houses for the general population due to being a small island. Our electricity is a higher voltage 230 volts in US 110 volts so there is safety involved with our outlets and safety built into our chunky 3 prong plugs, there are no outlets in bathrooms and the light switch is a pull cord hanging from the ceiling so wet or damp hands don't go near a source of electricity. Tumble driers are available in the UK not expensive to buy but are very expensive to run and not kind to the environment. Electricity and domestic gas has got even more expensive in 2 years my bills have quadrupled with a new price hike due 1st October. Some houses don't have attics because they have flat roofs. Ceiling fans are available, but not popular most modern houses have low ceilings.

[@dragon21102]

the outlet switch is often also for childsafety. when your kid starts to crawl or walk they sometimes see the lower outlets as fun and interesting things. if the switch is turned off you make sure your kid doesnt get shocked by accident.

[@radleeand]

You are right to be sceptical Ryan. These young people are giving their general opinion about their countries but how many years have they been away from the family home?, so how many years and how much experience can they really offer? I.e I've seen ceiling fans in many varied locations my entire 50+ years. Not all homes expect to have them or even use them but they are not rare- especially in business properties.

[@hdg2526]

there's a video by Tom Scott you should watch about UK plug sockets as to why they are so much better than your 2 pronged plugs. so much safer especially with small children around. they are all individually fused, with safety features making it difficult for a child to poke anything into them.

[@Jee123123]

one thing that makes me chuckle about these comparison vids is that a lot of the presenters on them no longer live in the country they are representing.

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

Or are too young to have any great 'life experience' - so have a 'blinkered' view, based on little, practical knowledge !? EDIT: And Lauren (from the UK) mentions attending college / university, so it sounds like she may have only just started work too, if at all (?)

[@Scooterboi60]

The conservatory is warm (not hot) because it’s glass and the sun shines through making it warm. Not in winter though. Some people do have lots of plants in there as well but it’s mainly just a room to sit and connect with the garden.

[@marielouise9126]

We had to get a ceiling fan when I gave birth to my first child (he’s 19 now) because we had a ridiculously hot summer and we had a conservatory which was mostly glass and because we don’t have A/C in our homes it was crazy hot. I did worry for my baby, it was horrible. The thing is, we don’t get many really hot summers (although this year was one of those) so it doesn’t warrant us getting A/C fitted in our homes. She’s talking rubbish re the tumble dryer. I’ve always had one.

[@claregallagher8550]

We know what AC is, but it is very bad for the environment, so we don't want to use it if not needed. I think Europe is much more environmentally conscious than the US, so we will dry clothes outside - I mean, we have air, wind and sun which dries clothes!! The temperature in the UK varies, so in the winter it can be average 0 to 7°C (32° - 45°F), however summer is average 9-18 degrees Celsius (48-64 degrees Fahrenheit). Recent years, this has gone up and can be 25-28 degrees. This will only last a couple of weeks or so, and therefore not worth having AC, but again still bad for the environment. We do have tumble dryers, in fact lots of houses do, but we just don't use them as we prefer to have fresher dried clothes. Clothes dry naturally when hung up, so why use machines that again are not great environmentally. It is a preference, not a necessity always. Also, ceiling fans are not necessary as it is cold here. The other issue with space and having rooms specially for laundry, is that in the UK a lot of our properties are old and were not built for these. They are old stone or brick built. Even newer houses, which do sometimes have a utility room, are built from brick. Electrical switches are safer. The UK has a higher electrical frequency in outlets, and has higher safety measures. Example, we don't have electric sockets in bathrooms and light switches are outside the room as safety requirements.

[@michaelprobert4014]

Environmental reasons m ight stop you having a tumble dryer or because , more likely , they cost a fortune to run now. We have a heated cupboard for drying. It's like a canvas cupboard with a heater at the bottom .The front of the " cupboard " zips open and close and there are holes at the top to let the consensation out ..

[@ChristineStables]

In the UK driers are cheap to buy, but very expensive to run due to the high cost of electricity. I hang my washing on a drying rack above a radiator and next to an open window. If it is warm the windows are wide open to dry the washing, and if it is cold the radiators are hot, which also dries it, though I also have a dehumidifier to make sure the house doesn't get too damp when the windows are closed.

[@emanueladadarlat3159]

I live in Romania / Europe and we have air conditioning. In houses maybe not that common, definitely depends on what area you live in (it's almost a must in Bucharest for example, not here, in Cluj where I'm from), but we have it in public places and transportation systems.

[@stuartfitch7093]

In the UK the average temperature is fairly low so the only time you really need air conditioning is in a car in summer. If someone did have air conditioning in their house it would only be used about two weeks a year as the combination of lower temperatures and the fact we have older brick and stone houses that are often poorly insulated and leak heat means that houses are kept naturally cooler. This also means in winter we have to keep the heating on for long periods.

[@EmilyCheetham]

I’m a brit and my family have ALWAYS had a separate washer and dryer. So have most of my friends. But we mostly use the dryer in winter or when it’s cold/wet.

[@carolemiller198]

We are lucky to reach 70's here in summer, so definately don't need air con or fans.

[@Amy-fx5co]

We definitely do have ceiling fans in the UK, my house used to have one growing up but we removed it later on. We do have tumble dryers but I'd say we use them a lot less. I have one but we use it very rarely, normally for when we have very wet days and mainly for drying towels and bedding. Personally I wouldn't put clothes in it because it really creases them also its cheaper and better for the environment to air dry. I think what she means by expensive is the electricity bill why would you want to pay more on your bill when you can just dry your clothes outside.

[@vallee3140]

We have a ceiling Fan in all 3 Bedrooms, and my office here. I really feel the heat badly.

[@stuarthastie6374]

The switch ia to make the socket safe for cchildren. 240 volts can kill. Dryers take up space that older houses dont have.

[@jgmlonek]

The average summer temp in Scotland is 20C(68F) so what point would A/C serve? I have in car, but have never used!

[@ilariabarnett8700]

We need A/C in cars mostly for avoiding steaming up. Here not only is cold but it is also very humid and winters are long, gold and damp.

[@mskatonic7240]

15:05 tumble dryers do exist, but if you have two separate units you are likely to have a big house to put them in so likely to be rich. Combined units do exist but they're uncommon. They're not actually horribly expensive, they're usually £200 - £250. But you need space to put the thing so if that's at a premium, you might not bother.

[@daniel_sc1024]

Conservatories (aka sunrooms) were common in craftsman style homes in the colder, northern states.

[@czcibor6436]

0:49 European houses are mostly built with bricks, which have a lot higher thermal inertia. It's easy to maintain a temperature not higher than 24° - 25°C when the temperature outside breaks 30°C.

[@elisabethiversen5903]

A drier gives Big Electric bills.

[@alantaylor2117]

I have ceiling fans in my bedrooms in London. They were installed 15 years ago.

[@barbarakirsopp]

I had a ceiling fan in the bedroom for about 20 year's, only used it for about 2 week's every year, got rid of it when I broke the glass shade and couldn't get a replacement. Oh I live in a flat on a busy road so no attic or garage.

[@tomkirkemo5241]

Here in Norway we have A/C in our houses, but we use them the other way. We use them to WARM up our houses. :) They can be run both ways, eiter to suck warmth out of the house or to suck "heat" from the outside to the inside when it is cold.

[@amandalewis1003]

A lot of clothes we buy in the uk can't be tumble dried as per the washing instruction label.

[@billymitchell2943]

A few years back, my wife and I went on vacation in Italy in the end of October and the beginning of November. It was in the 80"s but at each hotel we stayed at we asked we we could turn on the ac they'd reply "but it's November".

[@jamie151-d9j]

Hi ryan, it does not get that hot here. Right now in my area, it is 18 celsius, which is 64 fahrenheit (approximately)

[@TheHillingdon2]

We stayed in a holiday flat in Florida and the ceiling fan was wonky we thought it was going to come off and decapitate us! 😫

[@nothingspecial123Q]

We don't have ceiling fans - wie have windows to open 🤣(in Germany). But it is right to say, that younger generations install AC in their new built houses, too because summers are getting hotter during the last years and it is to be expected to go on like this. AC is becoming more and more popular in Germany.

[@jemsjemski533]

It’s really rare to have a super hot summer in the UK and when it does rarely get over 100 we all moan and swelter at night!

[@ruthsmith1939]

I live in a 200 Yr old cottage in the UK I have a tiny attic that I can't get into (the door is toddler sized)... we had a problem with the upstairs ceiling a few christmasses ago leading to the ceiling having to be redone (the week before family came to stay) we discovered that the ceiling was made using reeds and plaster so even if you could've gotten in the 'attic' you wouldnt be able to walk around without falling through and turns out the roof is being held up by tree branches which is fun....

[@alinadornieden8411]

oh my god, she wasnt talking about a greenhouse for plants man. literally just like a sunroom, you SIT in it :D jeesus

[@nanywytchwriter]

We don't have AC we do use fans when it's hot

[@iandodds5448]

If you live in a place that needs AC, you don't want a conservatory, it will be too hot! We need indoor garden rooms so you have somewhere to sit.

[@adywootton7840]

The switch on electric sockets are a safety feature. You should switch them off before removing a plug.

[@facelessguy]

I also had never a dryer ...

[@facelessguy]

I am from Germany :)

[@guyanderson2428]

electricity or hydro as we call in in ontario canada is 3 times or more expensive in the UK

[@yvonnephillips9710]

We do have dryers in the UK but tend to only use them in the winter or when it rains, we air dry our washing in the summer on a washing line or a rotary line. With regard to ceiling fans we don’t usually get temperatures above 80 or 85 degrees. We have switches on our plugs so we can turn them off as our system runs on 240 volts and it is a safety issue unlike the US which runs off 120 volts and you have to unplug appliances to turn them off, which is why we do not have electricity in the bathroom except a pull light switch or a shaver point.

[@izibear4462]

Drying washing on a clothesline is illegal in many cities in the US as it is seen as something only poor people do. I lived in FL and no one dried their clothes on a line. It would have dried in 30 mins in the Floridian heat!

[@justme1111]

Ceiling fans used to be more popular but I haven't seen one in a long time. Lots of people do have portable AC but only used for about 2 weeks a year lol. There are videos on you tube about British plugs being the best in the world which you would probably appreciate and the plugs having switchs is another health and safety feature not a personal preference

[@skipper409]

AC in cars was only in upmarket vehicles until the 1980s, when it gradually became more common, only because more of our cars were imported. Tumble driers tend to be built into our washing machines (if we have them).

[@EmilyCheetham]

Some houses in uk DO have ceiling fans. But most people don’t install them because they are so rarely needed.

[@how-to-live-right]

dryers take too much spaces, but europe is densely populated and homes (usually apartments, we don't live in houses) are small

[@emanueladadarlat3159]

A terrace rooftops is a thing, so that kind of house wouldn't have an attic. Less likely in areas where the is snow.

[@shirl790]

We're going through an energy crisis in UK at the moment it's getting too expensive to use both gas and electricity for many ppl. I had to sell my tumble dryer couldn't afford to run it

[@samstevens7888]

No we have no AC in our homes, most hospitals dont have it, some shopping centres do, our cars have it though lol For the south in the UK summer temps are 70f-89f but we have had 104f it just doesnt happen often. The North doesnt get those temps. I have a tumble dryer, I like it a flat what you guys call an apartment. I mostly use mine in the winter and to dry towels.

[@samstevens7888]

Plus this girl doesnt know about living in the UK, living in digs while at collage or uni doesnt count. Plus living in the north of our country is very different from the south. Most of the money in the country is in the south plus we have better weather.

[@samstevens7888]

American homes are very much about comfort. Our homes are about function because of the lack of space, we use furniture to get comfort. We have switches on our plugs because our electricity at the sockets are 230v where in the usa they are all 110v. For safety ours have the switches.

[@paul1979uk2000]

I live in the UK and I have a celling fan in my room as I speak. But in most houses in the UK, they are not really needed, in my case, it's needed because this room gets hot in summer.

[@tomscorpion6288]

I just checked how much dryers cost here in CZE, the most purchased one on the biggest electro website is over 700 $ and the second one close to a 1,000. I actually have one from the people who lived in my apartment before me but I imagined this piece would be cheaper. Wow.

[@EmilyCheetham]

Yes we have and use AC in our cars in the summer. Cars can get VERY hot in the summer.

[@g4mel_]

12:25 Yes, we have A/C in our cars. Most people I know (including me) never use it. Not even during summer heatwave. A/C ON = higher fuel consumption, and that's not worth it. We just roll down the windows and make air flow inside

[@LythaWausW]

I noticed this in Germany, people driving around with the windows down on the hottest summer days, despite driving a modern BMW. Horseflies and bees fly right in, no problem. Where I'm from in America in Summer everyone's windows are shut and AC is on, unless you are driving a really old car.

[@dang1086]

Our plug sockets are way safer. The top prong is actually a bit long than the bottom two and raises two shield from the bottom two, so kids can’t stick coat hangers in them also the plugs have they’ve own earth and individual fuses

[@robertgrant4987]

Sun rooms/conservatories get warm because the glass roof and sides conduct heat from the sun more effectively and some have central heating

[@HalfEye79]

A ceiling fan would be weird to me. I think, I'd look up quite often to make sure it doesn't come down. How fast would it go? I hope, not fast enough to chop a finger or so off.

[@izibear4462]

You can set the speed on most. They are generally safe.

[@cheryla7480]

The switch on the outlet is a guarantee you won’t get electrocuted plugging something in. UK voltage is a lot higher than North American. When not in use you turn off the outlet, great if you have a toddler who likes to poke metal objects in an open socket! A lot of people who have dryers still like to hang their washing in Spring, Summer and Fall. Saves the environment and nothing smell so fantastically fresh as clothes dried in the fresh air.

[@donmaddox8898]

We use centigrade to measure temperature the warmest we ever get is 40.5c

[@R0swell5104]

Air con is almost unheard of here. It's never really warm enough in summer to warrant it. Also the cost of energy would make it prohibitively expensive to run. As for temperatures, normally it in the mid 20s deg C we are lucky if it gets to 30 deg C for a week or two in summer.

[@MegaGrahamo]

We do have ceiling fans and portable a/c probably use them for a month in the summer

[@ldewproductions7271]

Washing machines and dryers are made with built in obsolescence. 2 or 3 years and they are kaput. Also smaller houses means less room for appliances.

[@charlottepellaton5435]

Heatwaves in Europe without AC are such a technic! stores down all day long and up with windows open all night long! With our cold winter we have much more better temperatures isolations so with this technic we can have like 5-10 Celsius degree less inside than outside during the hotest time of the day. Dryer are totally a bonus here! It's a middle class+ thing. Basic dryers are 350-500$! And for your question: we hanging inside the laundry when it rain. We have washing line or a clothes horse in every laundry.

[@kerrydoutch5104]

Aussie here. We get hot in most places in summer. But its really only in the last 10? years that houses have A/C as a standard. And not a lot of ceiling fans either. Usually only in one or 2 rooms not every living area and bedroom. Except way up north in the tropics. Its not unusual here to NOT have a dryer either. Theyre expensive to run. Pretty much every house city or country has a an outside clothes line and the washing dries in the sun. Sheets and towels dried in the sun are the best. Except if you have allergies. Which would suck. Electrical outlets here have switches on them. Its a safety issue and required for building codes.

[@ElandBee]

Should have added we do have a tumble dryer and have had one for years.

[@adriannaconnor6471]

I don't know about the cost of electricity in the U.K., but the cost of electricity in Michigan in the spring of 2023 was 11 cents per kilowatt-hour, while for the same time period, it was 41 cents per kilowatt-hour in the Czech Republic. Running a dryer or an air conditioning unit would be prohibitively expensive here. It gets up into the 90's Fahrenheit in the Czech Republic, but there is usually only 35% to 40% humidity, unlike Michigan's 80% humidity. A/c is very rare here, and when there is a/c, they'll set the temperature to around 75F instead of the 65F that you would find in Michigan.

[@EmilyCheetham]

In uk the average temperature in Fahrenheit is 50-85 Fahrenheit and it only goes over that for about a week or two.

[@awwastor]

12:11 I think it’s semi common in the Mediterraneanm because it actually gets kind of hot there, but in most of Europe the only places with AC are like malls.

[@isladurrant2015]

I have a tumble dryer in my garage... my garage is so full of stuff that I can't put my car in it, also it has a freezer in it. I use the dryer rarely, clothes are better air dried, plus cheaper

[@user-qs1xz2mx6f]

In Western Europe you usually don't need A/C, because the brickstones level the difference between outdoor and indoor temperature.