(Again, in a desert; I can see how someone from Chicago might find it extremely convenient.)
I will not even go into how drying clothes on a line is far kinder to clothes and makes them last longer.
I live in a place where you don't need a dryer for 80% of the year, and for 80% of the year I don't use the dryer despite owning one.
(Again, in a desert; I can see how someone from Chicago might find it extremely convenient.)