@DoomsdaysCW It's so weird to lots of Europeans that the US sort of forgot how to dry clothes in the post war period. Like it was a sign of poverty to not burn dinosaurs to dry something that was wet even in parts of the country with sun and light breezes for 10 months of the year :)

I can only imagine how dryer culture looks to people outside our wealthy northern hemisphere bubble.

@naturepunk @DoomsdaysCW I would also say that there is a decent amount of things that discourage prople from having a clothes drying line

One person mentioned HOAs, which definirely discourage the practice. Also, not all of us live in a place where there is a suitable place to hang it. Def would argue that some generations are likely disinclined amd disincentivized from hang drying our things.

@Catwoman69y2k

If you don't have a suitable place to hang lines for your clothes to dry, there are drying racks (a.k.a. "clothes horses") that you can fold together and stow away when not in use. These have existed for ages, in various forms.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothes_horse

@naturepunk @DoomsdaysCW

Clothes horse - Wikipedia

@kchr @naturepunk @DoomsdaysCW Yeah. I knew a few people who had these. I think my original reply was more along the lines of how tight housing situations can be. A lack of balcony/backyard and/or small rooms/many people in a too small apartment.... those can be a factpr to answer your intuial question of "why do Americans not recall hang drying?" (as a concept)
@Catwoman69y2k
Sorry for the late reply - and sorry if I came across as being snarky, just wanted to point it out for those that may be unaware of these racks :-)
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