May 31, 2013 - Air Conditioning

Here's the thing - air conditioning in New York is an absolute necessity, and yet it completely sucks trying to cool down your apartment. Unless you're in a studio, you'll need more than one A/C unit to keep your place effectively cooled. Because there is no internal air conditioning you have this horrible loud noise you get to listen to until about October when you can finally turn the damn things off. And, best of all, if you're lucky enough to live in a certain pre-war building with an ass-hat for a super, you get told that they will do nothing to help you install the new portable A/C unit you bought and you have to hire someone to do that yourself (this, mind you, because they have stopped making window units that would otherwise fit the window in question and because the building has also banned window units that face out onto the street). Air conditioning in New York is a nightmare.

Verdict: Hate New York