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by ImprovedSilence 5245 days ago
Yeah, I'll believe this. I think it's a big culture thing too. I studied in Italy in college, and never used a dryer in my 4 months there, the washing machine was a little side loader, and if you tried to run that, the TV, and the microwave at the same time the breaker would flip... But here's the thing. EVERYBODY hung their clothes out to dry, dryers were just un-heard of. Here in the US, I've got my big washing machine, my big dryer, and I notice my clothes getting worn out before my eyes. I'd hang stuff to dry, but it's just a pain moving wet clothes from the laundromat to home. I'd like to get back to air-drying my clothes someday though, it was so much 'simpler' if you will, and nothing shrank.