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If I could afford to, my house would be colder than 18 C or 64.5 F. I have my thermostat set at 68 and is still hot AF in my bedroom and living room.
Edit: I live in a place where the absolute lowest the temperature gets is 18-25 C, I used to live where the lowest it got was -51 C. Not everyone is acclimatized to that kind of cold, but I like it, especially when I’m sleeping.
Edit 2: my most controversial comment is expressing my opinion to a bunch of freezing Aussies that I prefer to be cold. Make sure you waste more of your effort downvoting me, and less effort figuring out how to use space heaters, put plastic up on the outside and inside of your windows, and hang up blankets to keep warmth in your critical areas. Y’all wouldn’t have survived a Minnesota winter. Just be grateful they didn’t sentence your ancestors to exile in Canada I guess 🤷♂️
Isn't it winter in Australia right now? In the winter I do keep the thermostat at 65 and it drops to 55 at night...
Then you would be warmer than most homes here. On average the homes they studied were over 18 degrees (64.4 F) for less than 5 hours a day (or closer to 2 hours in Tasmania) and dropped down to minimums of 7.4 (45 F).
Internal at 45F? That's too cold even for me to be comfortable inside... And I rarely ever utter the words, "it's too cold".
I’m not Australian, but yes, winter in June July August, summer for Christmas.
Several places get pretty cold. I wouldn't say it's a European cold, but most people here assume it'll be a decent temperature so when it drops you really notice it
Hey I'm Aussie and with you, I like what we call cold in Brisbane, middle of winter and I only wear shorts and t shirt, everyone else here is rugged up like it's the Arctic, I would be happy if my place sat at 18 all day!
There’s literally MULTIPLE of us! /s
Thanks for chiming in, I was beginning to think I was just a yeti in disguise or something 🥸