[mcguire]

Let's see here...Cleanly is $1.5/lb for regular laundry.[1] A random GE top-load washer+dryer pair at Lowes is $900[2], which works out to be 600lbs of laundry to a first approximation.

As it happens, I have a laundry basket and a scale handy, so I'll call one load 10lbs and I do, oh, 3 loads a week. That makes the washer/dryer 20 weeks.

Our current washer and dryer are 8 years old. I'd say that amortizes pretty well.

[1] https://cleanly.com/pricing/

[2] https://www.lowes.com/pl/Popular-ge-tl-energy-star-pair/4294...

[beisner]

If an apartment in Manhattan doesn't already have a washer/dryer hookup, it is not getting a washer/dryer hookup, no matter the economics of buying a washer and dryer vs using a laundry service.