[henrikschroder]

> and 50% had to line-dry clothes.

Sorry for hijacking, but this is quite possibly one of the funniest American poverty markers around.

[jjav]

Seriously!

Clothes dryers are a sign of shrinking real estate, not a sign of luxury.

When one lives in a tiny apartment with no balcony, you better have a dryer. When living with plenty of land, it's not a problem to hang clothes to dry in the sun.

[Scoundreller]

> Clothes dryers are a sign of shrinking real estate, not a sign of luxury.

My euro family disagrees, even in places that don’t have a balcony. Get the rack out and dry indoors and it’s pretty dry overnight (in the not so humid places).

I have a dryer but avoid it for most clothes because I think it wears them out.

[incone123]

Plenty of old photos of people running drying lines between them and the opposite tenement building. Not saying people should do that today, just that it's what people did when they had neither space nor means to buy a dryer (or before dryers were invented)

[Yeul]

Where is this sun in November?

[ksenzee]

We don’t have time to hang our clothes out on the line and bring them in again and iron them. We’re too busy working. sobs

[hallway_monitor]

Washing dishes and hanging clothes out aren’t actually torture.

[fuzzfactor]

One of the most indulgent approaches when money is no object, is to have enough luxurious time to be able to fix your own food, do your own dishes, and wash your own laundry.

[jerojero]

I don't like using a dryer even when I had one. Its way too taxing on the fabrics.

Its nice to have as a last resort or during winter tho.

[garciasn]

Very true statement; but, it’s certainly neither convenient nor the least bit enjoyable, either.

[LightBug1]

We bought a dishwasher about 5 years ago. Still haven't used it. True story.

[nick49488171]

Couldn't afford to throw enormous amounts of heat out the window during winter time! And all the time.