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Sash windows are the common type used for American homes, though you'll find a good mix of casements (typically the ones you have to crank to open/close).
The only deal breaker for me would be casement windows that open outwards. The area I live gets a lot of bugs in the summer, and so our windows have screens to help keep pests out while windows are open. Sash windows and casements that open inwards work fine with screens, but casements that open outwards typically don't.
We took my in-laws back to my father-in-law’s hometown in France this summer and it was kind of mind-boggling to me how most of the homes had no air conditioning but also no screens on the windows to keep bugs out.
This shit drives me nuts. The locals will be like "oh well, the bugs usually aren't this bad..."
Sure Jorge, the bugs always just follow me from the US whenever I visit. The entire European continent has such a weirdly abusive relationship with the very concept of climate control.
I do wish screens were standard here, or at least more common... But AC is typically an excess/luxury in most of Europe. Only common in offices, schools, hospitals and the like.
People have started to get those portable standing ACs more often now that our climate is getting clapped, but window units are alien to us.
Heat pumps are probably more common now