How did Alabamians survive the Summer before air conditioning?

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old ladies on front porch

People in the South were more or less just used to living with the heat. Any Yankee who’s been lucky enough to relocate to Alabama knows that Summer here takes a little getting used to. Tolerating the heat was just a part of life.

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