It depends on where you are. There are parts of Italy that definitely feel third world and come with the corruption and high crime to boot.

New England is hit/miss with AC. I’ve had well running water issues in the States in Virginia and plenty of residents across the country have no health insurance.

Anonymous wrote:
Went to Europe, and they had no ACs over there, everything is super expensive. Internet sucks, and you can’t even run the water when you fell like it: I was shocked, South America is even better than Germany and Spain.


What are you prattling on about? Europe is a continent dimwit, there is going to be a lot of variation. Germany does not have much a/c because until recently (thank you global warming) they did not need it since the average summer temps were in the high 70s.

Are you from some podunk town that you think "everything" is expensive? Major metro areas (London, Paris, Rome, etc) are expensive, sure. They are here, too.

I really hope you stay home more.

This. We spent a few weeks in "summer" not far from Frankfurt some years back. It was COLD, cloudy, and rainy. In late July.

San Francisco and San Diego homes generally don’t have a/c. And super expensive.

A lot elementary schools in the U.S. didn't have AC. Mine didn't in the Midwest. We weren't in the building in the summer. My grandparents didn't have AC.

To me, it's an indication of how safe the neighborhood is, that you can leave door screens and windows open at night.

I loved when we had the windows open. When the AC is on, no windows are open.

Clearly OP has never been to a “third world” (that is NOT the correct term we use now!) country. If you have, you’d understand why.

OP a hint - it is so not about AC and you may be viewing cost all wrong too.

Keep traveling and gaining perspective though. It’s a great big beautiful world.

We lived in Germany for three years, so I can speak on the AC thing. Germans generally believe AC is unhealthy. They are also very environmentally conscious.

I don't know what you mean about the water. We never had issues with running water whenever we wanted when we lived in Germany. And the tap water was clean and tasted good.

"Everything" in Germany is not super expensive. Some things, like electronics/computers, are more expensive. I found that groceries were NOT more expensive, and produce and meat were of a very high quality, so no idea what you mean by this.

We were thrilled with the quality of life in Germany, actually. Were you there for, what, two days in a hotel? Maybe you just picked a bad hotel for your trip.

Anonymous wrote:Went to Europe, and they had no ACs over there, everything is super expensive. Internet sucks, and you can’t even run the water when you fell like it: I was shocked, South America is even better than Germany and Spain.

Air conditioning is rare in Washington state.

Everything is expensive because the economy is strong.

Europe allied with the US against USSR after WWII, so it is 1st World.

Europe is much more in north than the US. My Europe doesn't need AC; we need heat and we have it. We also have one of the fastest Internets in the world and it is free. Food and gas is expensive but that's the 1st world, not Venezuela.

Europe has many countries and those have many regions. Some are more developed than others, but I would say save the poorest areas of Eastern Europe, even the poor areas are better off than the poor areas of the US.
The higher developed areas of Europe seem light years ahead of the US, despite the fact that they didn’t need AC until recently (and therefore don’t have it).