Yeah that's insane. We use a local one here in SF (Sudzee) though it also can take a day or two to pick up and a day or two to return, and on weekends that's a bummer. And it costs $45 each time for over 40lbs of laundry.
I miss my days of $12 wash and fold in Brooklyn :-/
Before I flew back home from NYC (a 24-hour+ odyssey), I had my stuff laundered at some shop local to where I was staying. It was pricey for a backpacker, but definitely worth it - it came back so neatly squared off and pressed that it was basically a small brick of laundry and packing was a breeze :)
vacri|9 years ago