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Oh, that’s where the name comes from. I hang dry most of my laundry in my own house still. I learned to appreciate this after moving from a big city to a town
by jasonv 6y ago
Oh, that’s where the name comes from.
I hang dry most of my laundry in my own house still. I learned to appreciate this after moving from a big city to a town of 13 people. Of course we all had lots of space but my house had one of those circular drying line contraptions. I enjoyed going out and hanging my laundry, even in the cold winters. Even in the snow. The sun and dry air did their thing pretty quickly.
When I lived in Amsterdam my apartment came with a new combo washer/dryer unit. As far as I could tell, it mostly succeeded in compressing the laundry into a really tight, nearly inextricable ball.
In tighter quarters having lots of laundry drying between apartments could be seen as less desirable. There are solutions for that too. But the noise and dirt of lint coming from drying machines is a counter factor to consider.
- NoSorryCannot 6y agoAnd the smell of tumble drying. I live in an apartment complex and the smell coming out of the dryer vents is overwhelming. It's not intrinsic; there would barely be any odor at all if people gave up dryer sheets and fabric softener, but it seems like many have never heard anything so outlandish as that.
- nitrogen 6y agoI spent a couple years living in high density highrises (putting my YIMBY money where my mouth is, I guess) and the laundry exhaust (and other ventilation problems) traveling into my apartment made the air nigh unbreathable.
- wrp 6y agoThat's an issue with houses, too. When my neighbor dries clothes, I have to keep my windows closed. Really annoying in hot weather when I need the ventilation.