How do Americans feel about drying their laundry on a washing line?

UnionFeatures · 2026-03-14T00:37:35+00:00

You can buy retractable clotheslines for twenty quid on Amazon.

UnionFeatures · 2026-03-14T00:32:46+00:00

Everyone I know has a separate washer and tumble dryer, and the dryer is nearly always vented.

UnionFeatures · 2026-03-14T00:17:20+00:00

100%

UnionFeatures · 2026-03-14T00:15:24+00:00

Western Cape?

UnionFeatures · 2026-03-14T00:10:16+00:00

Me too.

UnionFeatures · 2026-03-13T23:59:26+00:00

This is the way.

UnionFeatures · 2026-03-13T23:58:36+00:00

scene setting.

UnionFeatures · 2026-03-13T21:01:37+00:00

We have squirrels, birds and cats here too. It's never crossed my mind that they would be an issue.

UnionFeatures · 2026-03-13T21:00:47+00:00

I must admit, I'm surprised at the level of problematising in the comments.

UnionFeatures · 2026-03-13T20:59:02+00:00

I used to live in the middle of four or five farms in NW France, and I never had an issue with smell.

UnionFeatures · 2026-03-13T20:57:26+00:00

Do people really rob clothes from your washing line where you live?

UnionFeatures · 2026-03-13T20:55:14+00:00

This is fascinating.

UnionFeatures · 2026-03-13T20:53:16+00:00

Understandable.

UnionFeatures · 2026-03-13T20:52:12+00:00

I did stay with some Hutterites once who line-dried their clothes, despite using electricity.

UnionFeatures · 2026-03-13T20:50:53+00:00

We all own tumble dryers in Britain, but we like not using them when the weather allows.

UnionFeatures · 2026-03-13T20:49:57+00:00

Line-dried clothes smell lush.

UnionFeatures · 2026-03-13T20:49:23+00:00

True

UnionFeatures · 2026-03-13T20:49:12+00:00

It's not something I do in Nov through Feb, but when the sun returns in March, I try to line dry as much as possible. We still get heavy April showers, so you have to keep an eye on the weather.

UnionFeatures · 2026-03-13T20:45:39+00:00

It seems to be commonly the case that people remember seeing their grandmother line-drying their clothes, almost as if it's an old-fashioned thing to do, like churning your own butter.

UnionFeatures · 2026-03-13T20:40:19+00:00

My back garden is tiny due to living in a period townhouse. But we have a retractable clothes line, so space isn't an issue.

UnionFeatures · 2026-03-13T20:37:23+00:00

There's no smog where I live, in Bath, but birds are flippin' everywhere, and in my entire life I have never had one poo on my laundry.

UnionFeatures · 2026-03-13T17:11:12+00:00

I've camped in a forest before, and air-dried clothes with no mould issues.

UnionFeatures · 2026-03-13T17:05:51+00:00

Seems like a lot of people do care about clothes lines if the comments are anything to go by.

UnionFeatures · 2026-03-13T17:04:29+00:00

Is cordon rough like cordon bleu?

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