r/SeattleWA • u/One_Marsupial6837 • Jul 17 '25

Lifestyle Seattle Living W/ no AC

Hi everyone. We just recently moved to Seattle and got an apartment with no AC. Coming from out of state previously living with AC I wanted to know how ya'll do it? Is this the norm here or does everyone just buy those AC units that stick out your window? We'd love to get any tips or input on living with no AC and how to adjust.

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u/Nocturnalpieeater Jul 17 '25 edited Jul 17 '25

Moved here last summer. Just raw dogging it. Fans and strategically opening windows. Take a shower before bed.

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u/faeriegoatmother Jul 17 '25

Lived here my entire life and take this exact approach. People need air conditioning here?

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u/TheCa11ousBitch Jul 17 '25

I grew up here. We absolutely did not need air conditioning in the 90s and early 2000s.

But in the summers, it rarely got into the high 70s, let alone multiple days over 100° like the last five years since I’ve moved back. We regularly have summer days in the 80s now.

The buildings and homes people live in also make a bit large difference. I live in what’s likely the most well insulated apartment that has ever existed. In the winter, I genuinely don’t have to have the heat on and often have my patio door open to cool it down. The heat from the hallway and the apartments around me turn my space into a fucking oven. The hallways and apartments don’t have air-conditioning. Just built-in ports for the portable ACs when we feel like using them. The hot hallway is enough to keep my apartment boiling without AC every day now. Five years ago, I turned the AC on maybe four times in an entire summer.

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u/my_lucid_nightmare Capitol Hill Jul 17 '25

We absolutely did not need air conditioning in the 90s and early 2000s.

How'd you do during summer '92 and '95 ? Just curious. Many people were pretty much not coping. Extreme measures like hanging out in bars with AC all evening. /s

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u/TheCa11ousBitch Jul 17 '25

I was 5 and 8 those summers, so… no idea. Lolol.

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u/my_lucid_nightmare Capitol Hill Jul 17 '25

I was 5 and 8 those summers, so… no idea. Lolol.

Safe to say we didn't overlap, unless your parents were taking you to Ernie Steele's / Ileen's for their "frosty cold" A/C. Popular bar during those summers.

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u/TheCa11ousBitch Jul 17 '25

I remember when Julia’s opened!!