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In the 1950s, central air conditioning began to become more common and throughout much of the United States window units and central air conditioning became common. Although air conditioning certainly made many people's lives more comfortable, it did mean home builders did not always have to apply measures, such as gardening or building materials, that were always ideal for cooling, where builders could now choose cheaper materials and depend more on air conditioning to keep homes cool rather than use other measures.<ref>For more on the history of air conditioning, see: Basile, Salvatore. <i>Cool: How Air Conditioning Changed Everything</i>. First edition. New York: Fordham University Press, 2014. </ref>
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