I am so damned sick of being cold indoors. I have three pairs of socks on, including a pair of thermals and slippers and I'm still cold and damp. Why is this acceptable anywhere? We are supposedly a first world country yet we still put up with this bullshit. It's made me very cranky.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why is this acceptable anywhere? We are supposedly a first world country yet we still put up with this bullshit

(In my opinion) it's really quite simple. We don't have enough houses, therefore people have to live in the crappy ones. If we had more houses then the crappy ones would stay empty, eventually being knocked down to build more appealing houses. But while there is demand for any and all houses, people have to put up with what they can get.

[–] Taubin@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The thing is, we are still building cold shitboxes, with the advice of "open windows to air the place out". Well when it's cold and wet outside, it's not going to magically make it warm inside.

I grew up in a place where we had proper, dry, warm houses. Even houses built in the 30's were warm and dry. Houses hear built even within the last decade are cold damp shitboxes.

I'm just venting but man am I sick of being cold and damp feeling all the time.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

Was the place you grew up super cold in winter?

Because my alternative explanation is that we can get away with cold houses. Even if you leave the window open at night in the winter you are still likely to be able to put on another blanket and then put up with it.

In many countries they get -20C or colder through the winder, they can't get away without building really warm houses.

Therefore they have been building warm houses for decades and are much better at it.

In terms of dampness, this may also be environmental, we are subtropical and so winters can be mild and humid leading to the cold damp thing.