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Impossible to live without AC in Japan. Also almost every move company can remove/install AC's pretty easily so it's kinda convient.

Also if all rooms already have installed AC's then apartment rent price is much higher than similar without it so it's 50/50 what you want.

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It's the same in many parts of the US, but unless the apartment comes with central AC, we're stuck with noisy and inefficient window AC units[1], or worse, portable AC units[2].

[1] https://www.mytrustedcontractor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/...

[2] https://www.lg.com/us/images/air-conditioners/md05186704/gal...

> Impossible to live without AC in Japan

Come on. People lived there for thousands of years before AC.

Not in highrises. Not in megacities.

Even in rural area, temperatures in this August is sometime 36-40C (or even high) so cooler is mandatory.

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