Air conditioning wasn't very common when he was young. They were big, expensive, clunky units that required a lot of maintenance and servicing. By the 1950s, he's pretty sure things have changed. Hopefully they won't have to deal with a murderous air conditioner salesman anytime soon...

"We lived just fine without it," he points out gently. Of course, population density was spread differently back then. And the weather didn't oscillate between the extremes so much.

"Prety sure this is a. Leave the front and back door open kind of town anyway." Bucky's tendency to want three locks for every door aside. It's not paranoia if there's a callous, uncaring doctor torturing people trying to keep this Sweetwater totalitarian regime going.