Why do my neighbors keep their windows open through the dead of winter?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they are ghosts and therefore have no bodies by which to register the temperature.

I think this is the most likely scenario because honestly, what normal person would want to breathe fresh air? Must be ghosts.

[Anonymous]

Unlike the rest of the whackos on this board crying about essentially safe radiation, I keep some windows cracked to ensure a bit of exchange to prevent radon build up.

[Anonymous]

Fresh air. I’m in Chicago and think a little bit is necessary everyday. The indoor air literally gets stale with cold weather Oct-March. We run exhaust fans and crack windows for a little while each day, year round. Helps prevents sickness also.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks everyone, this has been a quite amusing thread. To the angry people - I don’t care at all what my neighbors do with their windows. It doesn’t bother me. I was just genuinely curious and hadn’t thought of the various reasons people have mentioned here.

[Anonymous]

I have windows (and doors) open most days of the year. I love fresh air. I detest stuffy, stale air.

[Anonymous]

Rent includes utilities and they hate their landlord

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rent includes utilities and they hate their landlord

Lol love this one.

[Anonymous]

Fresh air. Have a roommate who smokes.

[Anonymous]

For fresh air. OP, how come you couldn't think of that? It's so obvious. I cannot sleep with all the windows totally closed, feel claustrophobic and feel like I will choke without fresh air, even when its cold outside. I really do not enjoy sleeping hotel rooms where I am not able to open the windows at least a tiny bit. I am European if that counts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meth lab, for sure.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes this is nosy, no it has no effect to on me, I’m just baffled. Are they smokers? It is a cultural thing? All of their bedroom windows are cracked several inches 24/7 including times like right now when it is below freezing outside.

Is is to aid in air circulation and particularly important during Covid.

[Anonymous]

My neighbor does this because she misses her sorority's cold sleeping porch

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We like sleeping in cool spaces - and our radiator heat can not be controlled by room. Downstairs is cold and upstairs is hot.

+1. Our MBR is on the third floor, and if we didn't crack our windows in the winter, the third floor a/c would come on.

[Anonymous]

I do the same. I can’t sleep without the window at least cracked a little.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For fresh air. OP, how come you couldn't think of that? It's so obvious. I cannot sleep with all the windows totally closed, feel claustrophobic and feel like I will choke without fresh air, even when its cold outside. I really do not enjoy sleeping hotel rooms where I am not able to open the windows at least a tiny bit. I am European if that counts.

I am guessing OP is like me and grew up with parents yelling at them to immediately close the door in the winter because we are not paying to heat the outdoors.