> While it sounds miserable to be without A/C, it can be argued that we are even more miserable now because we have it.

Speak for yourself. I think that those hundreds of people sleeping outside where it's just a few degrees cooler would probably have given just about anything for air conditioning. They weren't doing it because it was fun, they were sleeping outside because it was the best way they had to try to avoid dropping dead from heat stroke. That's why A/C is used[1], not to distance you from your neighbors.

> Something inside me greatly desires a life like that.

You can sleep outside on the ground in a big group any time you want. Most cities have hundreds of people who do that every day. I think any one of them would gladly trade it for an air conditioned room with a bed.

[1] http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-12-22/national/36017...