Brit Reacts to 13 Things About the USA I Can’t Live Without Anymore | Feli from Germany 

I personally don't know a single American household that keeps their AC set at 63 degrees F. Most people I know keep their AC set in the low to mid 70s.

I'm from Louisiana. It's actually more common for the air to be set between 68-74 degrees Fahrenheit. It's unusual for people to set their ac so low as to 60 degrees because it will overwork the unit and cause it to literally freeze up resulting in a professional coming to thaw the unit out and repair it. It's a HUGE "no-no" to set your air so low! Especially in the south where the humidity is 80% on the low end.

Kettle corn is the best! You usually get it from fairgrounds, carnivals, farmers markets and those types of places, but commercial brands you can buy at a grocery have popped up. It's called kettle corn because it's made in large copper kettles. Sugar is added to hot oil in the kettle and then the popcorn, and it's stirred furiously with a large wooden paddle until fully popped. Then it's dumped out, salted, and bagged. The result is a sweet and salty popcorn that has the thinnest, crisp, candy coating on each popped kernel. It's not as heavy, crunchy, or sticky as caramel corn, but they are similar. "Chicago Mix" popcorn is a blend of cheddar popcorn and caramel corn, but where she lives, in Ohio, the "Columbus Mix," which is kettle corn mixed with buttered popcorn, is more popular, because it is light but still does the salty/sweet contrast thing.

91 outside rn. 72 inside. I have a hoodie on. This is what freedom feels like when you live in America.

It's so nice to see positives about our country. Sometimes we forget.

She is right about the customer service here. I went to an Italian restaurant one time and nothing sounded good. The server went and got the chef. He talked to me for a few minutes then went and made something based on our conversation. It was exactly what I wanted. He even came out and asked how it was.

In NYC, “The city that never sleeps,” clubs and bars can serve liquor til 4am. Then you can go back to an after party til around 8am. Go home and sleep a couple of hours and start over. Those days are gone for me because now I’m a responsible neurosurgery resident.

We went to Italy on our honeymoon. One night in Rome, we both had a pasta dish that had a whole lobster served in red sauce. We wasted no time ripping the tail off and going to work. My wife looked up and over at a german couple sitting close to us, and they looked absolutely horrified by what we were doing. Like we were uncouth American Neanderthals haha.

I’m American and was on a trip to the UK and went shopping. Every store that I made a purchase I would say thank you and have a nice day; as I normally do. They looked at me like I was a crazy person and didn’t say a word! 🤣

In the US we get a drivers license issued by the state we live in but it is valid anywhere in the country. Love your videos. Keep it up!

I don't know anybody that keeps their thermostat set in the 60-65 range. Usually, it's around 70, with some people that are used to more heat keeping it up around 75-80. The only places that seem colder than that are public places like restaurants, where they have trouble keeping the temperature even and sitting near a cold air vent can have you unpleasantly cold.

Drive through movie theaters. You park in a parking lot and you turn on the radio to a certain channel and a big projector is rolled out once it gets dark. You can bring popcorn, soda and candy and have the whole experience without leaving your car. But there is usually a dollar store nearby as well.

The grocery stores all close at midnight in the South now post-Covid.😢. Before then, Walmart was open 24 hours. We really miss that!

If you hear “hold my beer, hey y’all watch this” you are about to see something extremely incredible or witness an incredible disaster.

I loved working in customer service, especially at the pharmacy I interacted with elderly and I knew that so many of them, most of the company they've had that day was talking to me. You can just tell because they're so eager to talk to you. Working in the checkout lanes you have to go faster but when it's slow we'd chit chat. Some so much they'd get in trouble for going too slow from it lol

How does she have NO German accent? Amazing English skills, I am an ESL teacher and she sounds like a native speaker.

Honestly, hearing about how kind we are compared to where they live makes me so so proud of my country.

Each state has their own Drivers Licence process and laws BUT the licence is valid in any state you travel to visit, you only need to change your license if you move to a new state.

AC set at 70 F all summer long. That is why we have summer blankets that are small and thinner also called a throw blanket.

Going out in the US, starts about 10pm then done by 2. There's a lot of house parties after 2am.

Am a naturalized citizen here in the USA. Been here 35 years and every other places abroad that I vacationed to. I would want to go back home after 3 days. I like the freedom of just getting into my own car and go anywhere, shower twice a day, cold air conditioner in the summer, so many great foods, and beautiful sceneries all over, thus country.

When I worked in retail, we were taught how to treat customers and it was part of our evaluation. I had one manager who told us to consider the fact that we didn't know what the life was like for the people we were waiting on, maybe their mom just died or they lost their job. Maybe we're the only one that smiled at them all day. I always tried to remember that. I can be grumpy at home.😂

I'm 74 and grew up in Chicago. We used to go to bars after 11:30pm at night. First we would go to a bar that closed at 2am and followed up with another bar that closed at 4am. Big cities have bars that stay open until 4am. After that we usually went out to eat at some 24 hour restaurant and went home when the sun came up.

On the topic of bar culture, bars tend to really start hopping here at 830-9pm. Last call is at 130am, but if you’re lucky enough, you’re either going home with a woman you picked up on the dance floor, or you’re going to the after party. The after party is usually you and your friends going home and drinking the rest of the booze you pre-gamed with. The idea behind the 2am cutoff for liquor sales is to prevent drunk driving and the more destructive shenanigans that happen when people drink too much. Does it work? That’s debatable, but regardless, I spent plenty of nights sleeping it off on friends’ sofas rather than trying to make my way home with the world spinning around me. On a side note, the earlier cutoff for alcohol sales also drives sales as we tend to drink faster knowing we have less time available and my friends usually ordered a round of shots and a couple of beers at last call so it wasn’t like we were leaving without a buzz.

American here. Wife & I were in Prague, years ago, and asked a waitress for a side dish for my wife (she wasn't very hungry) rather than an entree. Waitress responded, "It's not possible." We were flabbergasted, but quickly realized I could order the side for my entree and my wife could eat that. The waitress was PISSED when we discovered that loop hole.

Something that she forgot to mention regarding Germany vs US. In the US, if you rent a property, you don't have to buy all the appliances. The rental provides them.

For a night out, we'd usually head out around 8-9pm, hit the bar/club until closing at 2, then head to someone's place for the after-party, or go home. Most states close alcohol sales at 2am, a few allow it all night. For AC, I've never heard of anyone keeping their AC that low. Typically, 76-78 in the summer, and put the heat at 68-70 in the winter.

Before digital cameras, we had our pictures developed at drive- thru window services.

I live in Texas. One reason some people keep their AC at a lower temperature all day is because it gets so incredibly hot that if you let the house get warmer, the unit often cannot cool it down until after midnight.

Drive through wedding chapels are not common. I’ve only heard of them in Las Vegas, which has made an industry of making it really easy for people to get married in a quick and casual way. But drive through pharmacies are truly genius. When I’m sick the last thing I want to do is go inside to get my prescription and using the drive through I can drop it off, go home for a little nap and come back to pick it up without ever leaving the comfort of my own space. It also cuts down on the contagious people walking through the store, too.

In Europe, their customer service are grumpy because they dont have A/C!

The other drive thru thing we have is laundry/ dry cleaners. she said pharmacy, bank. Tobacco shops and convenience stores, beer store, those are the main things. Another thing, I don't know if UK has is pup cups. A small cup of whipped cream for your dog if you bring them with you. Also, car washes are mostly drive thru, but some are still self service, and many car washes have dog washes too.

I'm almost 75 and i grew up in the South with NO air conditioners! That's why everyone had sleeping porches and covered front porches. You stayed outside as much as you could. Sleeping porches were screened in.

I had to laugh when she said, "Let's try it, what could happen." It made me think of the saying, "Hold my beer, watch this."

The humidity is the reason why you keep the air conditioning on. Ceiling fans are used to kick down the heat from the ceiling. In the winter. Used in reverse in the summer .

Okay so,a few things. Re: Bars- in most mid to large cities, even if the bars close at 2 am, there are lots of “after-hours” clubs - both legal and not- and most cities can provide a permit for this given the proper criteria are met and you can find the non-permitted ones just by chatting with or knowing the right people. Usually just ask the bartender. Re: AC - the reason one home has one temp control for the AC is that in order to have variable temps you would need an entire second central AC. And a surprising number of two or more story homes will have separate units for upstairs and downstairs. If not, often the thermostat will be on the second floor since heat rises and it would need the most cooling and the least heat to be comfortable. Not always but in some. Also, it’s much more expensive and requires more energy to cool a home down from 80°+ than it is to maintain a constant temp. So grab a blanket and shush up 😂 but I can guarantee it’s not set to 63° lol. Re: Drive-throughs. Yes, you can drive through some pharmacies but it’s usually only for prescriptions ready to pick up. Not really a place to have a shopping list or anything and even then the lines can be very slow moving. Drive through for weddings? Vegas. And that’s it lol. Re: Mexican good, yes there are great authentic places all over the country BUT there’s not just one style of food in Mexico, so often there are multiple authentic places serving a regional (to Mexico) style of food. Re: customer service is very true. The only exception is when people mistreat or talk down to customers service folks. Because they’re generally friendly and happy to help despite rudeness or people just having a bad day, when customers make scenes to humiliate the service worker, it can result in a very escalated situation where the worker is just at their limit lol. This is where the term “Karen” originates - when someone’s trying to get their way by demanding the impossible and displaying shocking levels of entitlement. This can really take its toll on the poor worker, and sadly most management will eventually give in to the Karen just to end the whole interaction. A big exception to that is in bars/pubs/clubs. If there’s a door security or just security in general, act up and you’re done. That’s because liquor licenses are given and retained based on stipulations and if there’s a lot of incidents with drunk and disorderly behavior, it can result in a closer look by authorities and potential for license revocation or fines/penalties, or all of it- fines, penalties, and license revocation.

Concerning #11, My German teacher used to say "Americans will do anything until a law is passed saying they can't. Germans won't do anything until a law is passed saying they can."

Covid killed a lot of 24 hour supermarkets. Prior in any decent sized city/town you could usually find one. Now days pretty much all of them close by midnight. Thankfully you can still find 24 hour gas stations that have a lot of things, but we used to do a lot of our shopping after midnight because it was so much quieter. I miss that.

In the US. Your license has to be from the state you live in. They are good for a certain number of years (different states have different rules). So you have to renew your license every few years. If you move to a different state your license needs to be changed within a certain amount of time - usually 30-60 days.

My Niece went to Europe after college and noticed the lack of AC in homes and hotels. Only hotel w/ AC was in London. But with very low humidity and 80's Summer temps, they don't really need it. She said the weather was perfect.

I live in the US born and raised. There was one time I went to a seafood restaurant and made a comment that I wish I had some blackened catfish. The cook overheard and told his supervisor and they started moving around the menu to make room for the Cajun food item just because a young kid wanted their favorite type of catfish.

It's nice to hear some one say good things about us for once

Another reason you'll get good customer service, particularly at sit down restaurants here in the US, is that the more quickly you eat and the more quickly the waiter/waitress gets you your check the customers they can seat at their tables and that means MORE TIPS!

I grew up in Georgia, USA. We didn't have AC in my home until I was 12. That was life. But after getting AC, I could never go back.

Hey hi. American hvac technician here. I’m just listing a few issues I have with her ac review. First 63°f in ac would cause issues not allowing ac to work. The evaporator coil would start to freeze when the return temps are that low.. Second most of the people I know and my customers don’t run their ac under 71°f. Third people don’t actually bundle up because it’s “too cold” it’s just so unbearable outside in the hot humid climates having the ac at about 69°-70° inside actually doesn’t feel very different at first from coming in from outside. But the thing is you’re sweaty and hot so the ac is “dehumidifying” your skin before your comfortable. All in all just remember ac isn’t used to only cool. It’s dehumidify first cool second.

Her American accent is excellent! She's also extremely fluent. Very impressive.

80-90 is a mild summer. We usually have a 8-10 week stretches of 100-105 without the humidity added on, heat index! It cracks me up when people say it was so hot today and the high was 87°! So hot is 102°

I’m 65 years old and I live in the Midwest USA/Michigan. It’s very humid here because we have the great lakes. We didn’t have air-conditioning at schools or churches or anything until I think the 80s. Sometimes people had a home air conditioner in the window. my husband and I have a window air conditioner in our smallish house but we don’t always put it in… because I would rather feel the weather and then I know where the summer went. When you’re in air-conditioning all the time, it feels like summer comes and goes. Mike experiences that lots of places are too cold. I see people air-conditioning their homes way colder than they would heat their house in the winter. so I keep my heat at about 68 to 72F in the winter. I basically use air conditioning, when I even put it in the window (which is not every year) to keep the humidity down mostly. We will bring it down to something like 80° F. I find it interesting that people who seem concerned about the climate crisis are more concerned with the gasoline for their cars then the climate control in our homes.

"Last Call For Alcohol!" That's your notice to order your last drink(s); usually around 1:30a.m.. This is how "The Afterparty" was born. You leave the public venue, and finish partying at a private one. We work hard, and party harder.

Number eight example: Seven strangers just happened to go for coffee at a local restaurant before work. Now, eight years later, they meet and talk at the same time every morning. An airline employee. A school lunch lady, A dump truck driver, A clerical person. A food manger. a retired postman, a college chemistry professor

19:40 I’m from Texas and if I go out, I’ll go out about 10ish-11 until about 2 am. All the bars close at 2 unless you go to an after hours. (Not advertised, you have to know where to go)

Hello. Your reactions made me laugh. I lived in Rome, Italy for a year. Once I returned to USA I kissed the ground and thanked God for living in America. In California I had roommates from Australia & New Zealand. I heard them talking about the grocery store when the got home from shopping there. They were amazed at the variety we have here such as fresh vegetables, frozen, canned, a salad bar, and the amount of meats available. Amazing. Yes, customer service here is pretty good.

Non connected homes in America are referred to as, "single family homes". The connected multi story homes like in the UK are called "townhouses" here.

Swamp coolers! Depending on where you live, people might use a swamp cooler instead, for instance, Denver Colorado. The outside air is super dryand the cooler adds moisture to the air. Classic air conditioners pull humidity out of the air.

In hot, humid TX, with good insulation in my house, we keep it at 77F, and maybe sometimes 76F at night when my bedroom is probably a bit warmer than the other rooms in the house. And once we get our ceiling fans, we'll probably feel fine at another degree warmer, and I won't feel warmer in my bedroom.

Walmarts used to open 24/7 around here. But since Covid the latest any store opens is 11 now. Things I drive thru for include banking, Pharmacy, food, coffee, and utility bill payment. Wedding chapels is mostly a Las Vegas thing, like a novelty experience.

About 30 years ago we went to London in December. At our 1st breakfast at the hotel, my wife asked for iced tea and the server said "we don't have any." I was in line behind her and then asked for a glass of ice, which was given to me by the same server, then asked for a cup of tea. I then poured the tea over the ice, and as I handed the empty cup back to the server, I said "You do have iced tea". No wonder that England lost the Colonies!

I set mine at 72. I leave it on but shut the vents off in rooms I don’t use. It’s better to keep it on so heat doesn’t absorb into walls and furniture and it takes longer to cool things down when you turn it back on. As far as notice on your job, you can go to lunch and not come back. You can leave anytime you want to. You would give 2 weeks notice if you want a positive reference.

Thank you for this! It's really nice to hear. If you never have, you should visit the South! Really friendly folks in general, great music, and fabulous yummy food!!!! 😻

To answer your question about driver's licenses, each state issues their own IDs/DLs but you're free to travel in between states as long as you have a driver's license from any state. It's only when you actually relocate to a different state that you'll have to update your license.

One of my favorite drive thru activities, sadly isn’t used as much anymore. We used to have a drive-in movie theater down the street to where I lived. Basically, you would pay at the gate, find a parking space in front of a huge white screen outdoors at night, and just wait for the movie to start. Some people would back into a spot because they had mattresses and whatnot set in the bed of their truck so that they could lounge while watching. Unfortunately, almost all of them were gone by the time I was a kid (90’s), so I only got to go once. But it’s still one of my favorite memories.

Wonderful fun to listen to. As an American (part German) it cheered me. But I too would have to say about 72° F would be a common AC and winter heating temperature.

Keep in mind, in restaurants in the US, the servers are working for tips. They aren't even given minimum wage in most places.

Bars closing at 2 am: US is a very car oriented society. You don't want bars serving alcohol all night. There are way too many alcohol related car accidents as it is. In Europe, with their trains and subways, etc., people are not driving drunk as much. I remember being 23 years old in Paris and going to a club with a group of people. They didn't want to leave until about 5 am and I was DYING. I was so tired and could not understand that mentality! Lol, different strokes. :D

Drive thru wedding is really only a thing in the state of Nevada, the city of Las Vegas specifically. But every other thing she listed is spot on for drive thru. Pharmacy, banks, restaurants, coffee shop, liquor stores.

Here in AZ, it's been over 100° since June 1st (now July 17) & more recently is been over 110°. Without AC, I think I'd be dead. It's on all day & all night & stays about 78° inside even though we have it set for 76°. We're lucky to have solar panels, so our monthly electric bill was about $400., which is less than half of what it'd be without solar panels.

#8- the UK can fit in the US 76ish times 😅 #9- Sunday nights, i.e. Monday mornings, through Thursday nights, i.e. Friday mornings, sales stop at 1 AM. The other 2 days are 2 AM. Every day sales resume at 6 AM. There are places that are dry- no alcohol sold, so no bars- but you cab bring from outside those places to your residence. Some municipalities also have different sale times.

If you've ever pulled carpet out of a house, especially carpet that's been there a while, you'll know why people prefer hardwood floors.😬

To answer your question about going out... In the US, we usually "pre-game". So we would all meet up at someone's house, have a few drinks, listen to music, maybe play some cards or drinking games, while we wait for everyone to arrive. Then we generally head to the bar around 10-11pm. Last call is usually around 2:30am (varies by state) and the bars close at 3am. Then we will go to a diner for late night drunk food, then get home around 5am.

Growing up, my nearest neighbor was 5 miles of curvy, gravel road and steep hills. I was 40minutes from the nearest grocery store. It was in a valley on the mouth of a creek and it was paradise. Just the most beautiful riverscape. I have had to paddle a John boat and hike in about 50cm of snow just to either get to school or the grocery.

We grew up without ac...when it got really miserable we would sleep on the back porch, which actually didnt help. The humidity combined with the heat was unbearable. But we bore it. lol

A great example of her saying how Americans are "Let's try it, what could go wrong" instead of the European "Why would we try it, something could go wrong", is when you turn your nose up at something you've never tried, like cheese flavored popcorn. You might not like it if you tried it, but you might like or even like it. Now, not all Europeans or Americans think alike, but I've noticed Americans tend to look at other foods and say "I'd like to try that". They might find they don't like it, but they go in with a positive attitude. To constantly look at something new and just automatically decide you won't like it is kind of sad!

You get a driver’s license in your state, but you can drive in any state with it. It really just identifies what state you’re from. Also I live in Buffalo, NY and the bars are open til 4, so not every state closes their bars at 2.

Colleges, office conference rooms, etc keep it colder so people do not fall asleep during long lectures or presentations.

We even have drive-thru oil changes. You can sit in your comfortable air-conditioned car, listening to your own music while getting an oil change, tires checked and rotated, battery checked. Very convenient!

Let me clarify a little on the AC. In public buildings, like churches or schools, the temp is set to account for the doors constantly opening and closi and for large groups of people congregating, making it feel a lot colder when its a small group. Often, in some locations, you will feel the air blowing from the air vents, or making it feel cooler. Air CAN be regulated in individual rooms, especially in a house. The amount of air that goes into each air duct can ba adjusted and in each room the duct can be opened, closed and aimed for that room's comfort. Some people just dont know it.

Not only do we have drive-thru we have curbside pick up orders. You can order groceries, things from the pharmacy, supermarket or almost anything and you can go to the store and someone will bring out your order to you to your car. That is my current favorite.

If you're in the States, after you get your meal, and you know you won't order dessert or another cocktail, just ask the server for your bill. A lot of people do this. They may have chatted with you for too long or an urgent call or text.

6:00 ... regulate the a/c in each room ... ( that is what we call - "window a/c units " ) ... a box that sticks out a window of EACH room, making the temp of each room individually specific.

I am an AC and furnace repair/install technician. I go to a lot of houses in the summer and no one ever has it at 65° or below without a low cutoff installed which I highly doubt. Keeping it that low would cause the system to freeze up. 70-78 is the typical range I see homes have their thermostats set at. Older folks sometimes prefer it at 80°.

For an American "night out", we would start gathering about 8pm, with the party actually starting around 10. Kinda depends on when your work ends. 10pm to 1am is the peak. Usually we would go to an all-night diner to relax and sober up for an hour or 2 after. Ideally there is some type of coffee spot near the bar so you can leave before the cops start looking for drunks getting into cars at 2 and do your post-game there.

Most Americans set their A/C between 68° F - 72° F 99% of the time It's gonna be 68°F, but since we run the AC for so long, it feels much colder, especially after you fall asleep and then wake up. Ppl in my house keep it so cold that every morning I have to get up and hotbox the bathroom to warm up. I like it cold though, being cold and getting warm feels so much better than being warm and getting cold.

I'm from IL; when I would visit friends in NY during the summer, their AC was set to Antarctica lol.

We had a German friend come over for our wedding. He got to see our house being built and the first thing he said (when it was being framed) was "IT'S WOOD!" Like he was super shocked. To this day we still see something made of wood and my wife and I both chime in "It's wood!" The other funny thing about our German friend was the car he rented. He went out and found a company that rented out old Cadillacs. :D 18+ foot long boats. He also smacked into another car trying to park it but that's another story.

Before covid, Most of the bigger stores, like Walmart, were open 24 hrs. Since covid, most are closing at 12m.I liked to do my shopping on my way home.

For drive thrus we don’t have tons but now we can online shop everything and either have it same day delivered (not Amazon) or curbside pickup. Bought a TV and sounds system. Show up when you get the notification and they’ll just bring it to your car when you indicate you arrived in the app. Just got a new garden hose and some top soil they’ll bring it out.

As far as drive-thru's, the only other one I can think of that she didn't mention is automatic car washes. Pick the wash you want, drop in your coins or tokens and push the button. It tells you when to pull up, when to stop, the brushes move around your car. It soaps, washes, then rinses your car and tells you when to pull out. Of course, you can also get out and vacuum your car and wash your wheels while the car behind you starts his wash.

It feels so amazing to sleep in a cold room and use the blanket to get just enough warmth to maintain a balance

I cannot imagine life without central air conditioning. I live in Fort Worth, Texas and this summer we topped out at 119°, which would be incredibly dangerous without air conditioning.

4:46 In the summer, the AC set to 72 degrees (Fahrenheit) feels cold when you first step in, but quickly you adjust and it feels comfortable or even feel hot again, yet the heat set to 72 in the winter will feel frigid, even in multiple layers of clothes. That is because your body is actively trying to dump heat in hot weather, so the initial shock of cooler air ends with your body sending as much blood flow to your skin (where all your hot/cold nerves are) as possible to dump heat into the colder air; whereas in the cold weather, your body is trying to preserve as much heat as possible, so restricts blood flow to the skin, which lets the temperature of your skin (again, where all the hot/cold nerves are) drop.

Certain states have drive through liquor stores, also about ac, you can add zone dampers to the ductwork and a thermostat in each room if you have the space for a ducted central air system, another option which I prefer installing is mini splits, each room gets it's own wall mounted unit with multiple indoor units connecting to a single outdoor unit, also allowing for individual control. Both types of systems can also be heat pumps which do both heating and cooling, often a lot cheaper operating cost than other options.

American perspective on #9. The bars close at 2 AM because drunk driving is a far too common occurrence in the states and the local PDs start setting up DWI checkpoints at 2:30AM. That's when most barflys either take the party to the house, or sit at waffle house and eat giant hashbrown plates until they sober up.

You know you don’t have access to a lot of Mexican food when nachos is what you think as your favorite Mexican treat! I hope you get more authentic delicious dishes to try!

I love the drive though dry cleaners. It’s so convenient especially during bad weather.

I’m American and I keep my thermostat on 77,78. I like normal temp but sometimes like when cleaning I want cooler. I don’t like to be cold and I live in Florida. My adult son likes it on 72. I enjoyed this video tremendously. From a foreigners perspective it really made me feel good about America. We are super spoiled here but all in all we love life and enjoy getting to know other people from various backgrounds.

Yes, in a lot of states the closing time for bars and cutoff of alcohols sales in stores is 2am- so we just make sure to pre-purchase alcohol and when it hits 2am we go to house parties with said pre-purchased alcohol. It actually works out nicely because when you’re super drunk at 5am you already have a place to sleep and don’t need to worry about driving or going anywhere.

As an American, I would just like to inform foreigners that all the things the young lady mentioned doesn't apply to every city or state in the US. For instance, drive-thru wedding chapels are only found in the state of Nevada. Also, bars in huge metro cities like NYC, LA, and Miami are open until much later than 2am and if you're in a club they continue to serve drinks until closing time.

I'm from the general area Feli is living in Southwest Ohio, we keep our AC between 71-72°F (22°C). We keep our AC generally at the same temps that Europeans call a heat wave. And growing up we didn't have AC, we had fans and eventually small window units that only cooled a single small room, not the entire house. I did my share of suffering in temps that would blow the mind of anyone in the UK

All water pipes end up in the wall. Switching showerhead is child's play. There's such a a mind boggling assortment on the market! Some older homes may have the fixed showerhead to the wall because the handheld ones didn't exist years ago But it takes about 10 minutes to switch it to one of your choice. This woman is making a big deal out something EASY to switchout

Also it's so crazy how much we take for granted. We are SO used to our conveniences.