<<Yeah, I know--and even in houses with garages it can sometimes be found in other places. I was just speaking generally as to what's quite common here. Oh, yours uses electricity? I think natural gas ones tend to be more common here. What do your stoves use? Some use electricity here, and others use natural gas (like the one in my family's house). Also, some stoves are connected to the oven, while others are separate. The one in my family's house is a gas cooktop which looks like this:
But the one in my apartment on-campus is electric and is connected to the oven like this one:>>
Kirk,
My stove and hot water heater are both electric and my stove is connected to the oven.
<<In the US you don't turn water heaters on and off--most are always running, but if no one's using them they don't keep as much hot water heated, just enough to get going and then it heats more if you're using it. In Argentina I had to remember to go turn it off and on before and after my showers, which was a new experience for me.>>
I'm glad that we don't have to turn hot water heaters on and off here in the United States. It can be a big pain, especially in some houses where the water heater is far away from the shower.