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Why do people light their fireplaces in dense neighborhoods? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Is electric heating not common? Trying to cool my apt but all the smoke comes in

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)
  1. wood is cheap
  2. a lot of people like fireplaces because they feel more cozy than electric etc.
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Didn't know it was cheap

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It literally grows on trees

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not usually an ass on purpose, and it wouldn't occur to me at all, lighting my fireplace, that I might be smoking out my neighbors. Maybe knock and explain it politely?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wish I could pinpoint where it came from. If it was my immediate neighbor I'd ask if it's ok to extinguish it at some point at night.

Could also be from improper use of the fireplace, who knows