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Emerald ,

lots of non-house buildings in the usa have tilting windows.

lntl ,

this is how we do out here in the heartland

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/058b5d2e-0645-49c1-847f-8982c6d96a95.jpeg

MonkeMischief ,

Ah I can hear that rattle now…

nifty ,
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Americans:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/3c469cc9-0790-464f-bdd9-898d3ce838a7.jpeg

baseless_discourse ,

Until a surgery

franklin ,
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I used to work for AT&t and it was all to common get someone cancelling while crying because their life is over and their credit is ruined because of the cost of a surgery that could never afford to pay. Sometimes we’d give them a couple months or something but a system like that shouldn’t exist

Lightor ,

Ya’ll ain’t seen the economy lately?

derf82 ,

Or, know, we could just crack open the bottom (in the case of the popular double hung, the top) of the window a little bit. But it is-3c (yes, we Americans understand metric) where I am now, so I have no interest in doing that. No Gulf Stream keeping us relatively mild in winter over here.

Listen, you want to brag about health care, public transit, intercity high speed rail, or historic buildings, fine, you got us there. But stop with the air if superiority about everything else.

domin8r ,

Correct me if I am wrong because I really don’t know. But if you crack the bottom open can’t someone just slide the window open?

joel_feila ,
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they have a lock that stop them from sliding to far up. un do the lock and they slide all way up. most of one i have seen the lock locks when you pull the window down so you don’t have worry about for getting it.

derf82 ,

They would have to break through the screen first. Us Americans prefer not to let bugs in. And if it’s really a worry, there are stops or locks that can be put in. But honestly, it’s nice sometimes. Saved me a locksmith call more than once.

Of course, both windows could just be smashed. You want to tell me European homes are some kind of fortress that thieves can’t get in?

FlyingSquid ,
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That isn’t even a concern in a place like Compton (I lived in South Gate which borders Compton and Watts). Because even in places with a lot of violence, you don’t often get someone just coming through a window in the middle of the day if they see it open a crack because it’s pretty easy to defend yourself against someone trying to come through your window.

Now sure, if you leave them open like that at night, it’s a bigger risk. But even then, home invasions mostly happen when no one is at home. Which makes sense.

anarchy79 ,
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We DO have some fine historic buildings.

They all come with tilting windows btw.

Tier1BuildABear ,
@Tier1BuildABear@lemmy.world avatar

Am I the only American with tilting windows? We definitely have them

Imgonnatrythis ,

Lite breezes were great maybe 30 yrs ago. With modern heat waves and obesity you gonna sweat like a mofo 'les you figure out how to put an AC up in that tilt.

hemko ,

Jokes on you, average heat wave in Europe is 25C (77 Freedom units)

Imgonnatrythis ,

It’s not the mean that anyone remembers.

protist ,

From June to August 2022, persistent heatwaves affected parts of Europe with a confirmed death toll of 24,501

The highest temperature recorded was 47.0 °C

anarchy79 ,
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Remember when it started back in the 90’s. Now summers in Southern Europe are basically Crematoria

anarchy79 ,
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Smog does it for me. Can barely ever open my windows to air out, I just get sickly car fumes mixed with rubber and asphalt particulates.

nublets ,

Jokes on you, my windows make a light breeze when shut!

vsis ,
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Southamerican living in Spain here.

First time I saw those windows my mind blew to pieces.

potustheplant ,

I live in south america and have those windows in my house…

lauha ,

Never seen a tilting window in Finland

boredtortoise ,

Yeah but our specialty is triple panes. Insulation supremacy

LemmyIsFantastic ,

You realize we have AC in Merica right?

Like, have you been to half of Europe in the summer?

Aielman15 ,
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I work in a hotel.

One day, a family comes to the reception to tell me that their window is broken, asking me to change their room. I ask if I can take a look.

It turns out, they didn’t know the existence of tilt & turn windows and were scared that the window was going to fall down lol

abbadon420 ,

Good morning Vietnam Europe

notsofunnycomment ,

Tilt it baby

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