For years, I've fought off the urge to buy an air conditioner for my place. I always thought it preferable to "tough it out" and besides, most of my apartment is at the basement level and therefore is much cooler than the rest of the building. I always regarded A/C as an unnecessary luxury. Looks like I am caving in this year, though. At the very least I need to have a bedroom comfortable enough for sleeping when the humidity kicks in. I may get a second unit to make my study upstairs useful in the summer months, too; otherwise I almost never use that room.