Anonymous
Post 02/08/2021 22:04     Subject: Why do my neighbors keep their windows open through the dead of winter?
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.
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2021 21:36     Subject: Re:Why do my neighbors keep their windows open through the dead of winter?
I do the same. I can’t sleep without the window at least cracked a little.
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2021 21:20     Subject: Why do my neighbors keep their windows open through the dead of winter?
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
Post 02/08/2021 20:59     Subject: Re:Why do my neighbors keep their windows open through the dead of winter?
My neighbor does this because she misses her sorority's cold sleeping porch
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2021 20:18     Subject: Why do my neighbors keep their windows open through the dead of winter?
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
Post 02/08/2021 18:06     Subject: Why do my neighbors keep their windows open through the dead of winter?
Anonymous wrote:Meth lab, for sure.


This.
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2021 17:08     Subject: Why do my neighbors keep their windows open through the dead of winter?
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
Post 02/08/2021 17:01     Subject: Why do my neighbors keep their windows open through the dead of winter?
Fresh air. Have a roommate who smokes.
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2021 16:58     Subject: Why do my neighbors keep their windows open through the dead of winter?
Anonymous wrote:Rent includes utilities and they hate their landlord

Lol love this one.
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2021 16:58     Subject: Why do my neighbors keep their windows open through the dead of winter?
Rent includes utilities and they hate their landlord
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2021 16:40     Subject: Why do my neighbors keep their windows open through the dead of winter?
I have windows (and doors) open most days of the year. I love fresh air. I detest stuffy, stale air.
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2021 16:37     Subject: Re:Why do my neighbors keep their windows open through the dead of winter?
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
Post 02/08/2021 15:15     Subject: Re:Why do my neighbors keep their windows open through the dead of winter?
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
Post 02/08/2021 14:25     Subject: Why do my neighbors keep their windows open through the dead of winter?
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
Post 02/08/2021 14:22     Subject: Why do my neighbors keep their windows open through the dead of winter?
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.