Funny that air conditioning has come up. For some reason I had wondered whether the movie theater Lavinia attends was described as having air conditioning, which would have provided a plausible reason for people to venture out at night when there's a serial killer in town. But apparently not, although movie theaters did start to be air-conditioned in 1925. Apparently that was a big summertime selling point back when people didn't have such a device in their homes.
Going to a movie seems at least as conducive to social interaction as sitting outside with one's family.
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