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Americans have trouble understanding something like that. We believe anything short of a 3bdrm house with a lawn and backyard is communism.

I'd love to live in a dense city. My office within waking distance. A Cafe in my apartment building, etc.

[extraduder_ire]

The US has district heating systems. The country is very big and varied, as much as people like to paint it as homogenous.

[reaperducer]

And district cooling.

When I lived on a chilling grid, my summer AC bill was around $80, while friends whose buildings weren't connected paid $200+.

[extraduder_ire]

Are they doing anything with that heat, or are those savings from the scale they're operating at?

[petesergeant]

> I'd love to live in a dense city. My office within waking distance. A Cafe in my apartment building, etc.

Then move to one?