Did you grow up in a house with AC? Did your first car have AC?

No/No

But fans were fun

void

My grandparents had window units by the time I came along but their house was built with a big arse fan in the ceiling of the hallway that kept air circulating throughout.

Yes/occasionally

No, but I grew up in WI. When it got to the 90's we would all go sleep in the basement.

Alabama - Yes
Wisconsin - No

First car - No

House did, first 3 vehicles no

We had a window unit in the den and one in my parents room. I kept my bedroom windows open and a box fan sitting on a chair across the room and that was the way it was all through school and college.

I grew up in the 70's and had never experienced a summer night without a/c until I spent the night at a friend's house in middle school. It was an old house. Even in my Grandmother's 100 yr old home she had window units and ceiling fans. During the dead of summer, it was torture and I didn't sleep a wink while being covered in sweat. I complained and was unaware that it was a function of money and what one is used to. I was a spoiled little shite who did not realize that I was very lucky until later on.