Is Texas Taking Over the Cellar?

dar512 · 01-07-2010, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by BrianR

And air-conditioning is nearly universal, unlike here where it is still considered a novelty and extravagance.

Wait. You live in El Paso, and air-conditioning is considered an extravagance?

Qice · 01-07-2010, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by dar512

Wait. You live in El Paso, and air-conditioning is considered an extravagance?

Not sure about El Paso - but here in NM the norm is swamp coolers - not refrigerated air, I'd never heard of a swamp cooler until I moved here, but they work!

xoxoxoBruce · 01-07-2010, 10:48 AM

They were common on tall buildings, in the northeast, until a few years ago. But wasted water and legionnaires disease became a concern.

Shawnee123 · 01-07-2010, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

They were common on tall buildings, in the northeast, until a few years ago. But wasted water and legionnaires disease became a concern.

What, swamp coolers, or Texans?

xoxoxoBruce · 01-07-2010, 11:04 AM

New Mexicans. :p

View Poll Results: Pennsylvania vs Texas vs Rest Of the ...is there anywhere else?
PA	12	35.29%
TX	5	14.71%
BFE	17	50.00%
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01-07-2010, 10:48 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	They were common on tall buildings, in the northeast, until a few years ago. But wasted water and legionnaires disease became a concern. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-07-2010, 11:04 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	New Mexicans. :p __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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