I don’t know there is anyone I have ever met in the south without official air conditioner.
The issue with the heat is that it is so hot year round, a lot of people always have the running, but because of this, almost all the people focuses on their central heating and cooling components, and every apartment that I have been to has always been nicely air conditioned.
In fact, the only apartment that I have ever visited without official heating and was more in the west; Anyways, I am usually pretty nice at remembering to take care of our heating and machine, but, I have forgotten occasionally, then usually when I forget, it doesn’t take myself and others too long to remember, because our cooling equipment will start making a weird noise. It’s a noise I can’t exactly describe, but I know exactly what it means, it means the air conditioner filter it blocked. I used the best of the best HEPA air filters, and instead of using disposable air filters, these filters are honestly washable filters. That means instead of spending more money and adding waste to the earth, I can just keep reusing our aged filters. It has worked genuinely well for me, and I have been using the same air filters for many years. A few weeks ago our heating and cooling equipment was starting to make that weird noise again, and sure enough, the air filter was incredibly dirty! After a nice scrub and cleaning, it was brand new, however once I put it back inside the unit, it worked just prefer usual.