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Yea, that's pretty wild. I own my home and keep it at 67F (19.5C). I guess it's different if you have no control over your home temp.
Though I think a max temp of 27C is reasonable, they live in a cool climate, not every home even has AC.
Toronto/surrounding region is definitely not a cool climate. AC is 100% necessary starting in May/June through to October nowadays
Right now i have to leave my balcony door open in my apartment over here in scarborough.
I lived the vast majority of my life in a warmer climate without AC, it's definitely not required unless you have a disability.
I feel like you haven't experienced 30C+ with 90%+ humidity because it caused a condo full of ~1000 able bodied people to collectively lose their minds against the condo board when the building AC failed mid summer.
My experience was also not unique:
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/inhumane-residents-of-toronto-condo-report-stifling-temperatures-after-weeks-without-air-conditioning-1.6941943
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/urban-heat-study-looks-at-temperatures-inside-toronto-apartments-without-ac-1.6965281
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/is-your-toronto-apartment-too-hot-heres-what-your-landlord-is-legally-required-to-do/article_490dd2a8-2da1-11ef-b66b-e77ebc3cbc99.html
https://nowtoronto.com/news/the-rooms-are-on-fire-toronto-residents-are-calling-on-the-city-to-implement-a-max-temperature-bylaw-ahead-of-next-heat-wave/
But I guess you're right, why should I be considering my silly sensory experience when your superior experience is obviously the universal truth. So silly of me
My building's AC failed when it was supposed to be started up in May about a decade ago. The condo ended up buying a portable AC unit for each apartment -- some people were pissed because they had to pay the electricity to operate it. We asked them if they'd like us to take the unit back, and 100% of them said no. :)
It was an awful summer, but the A/C was replaced with a new modern unit, and not only was it better, but it used about half the power of the 30 year old unit.