When the weather permits, I'd rather take 5 minutes to hang clothes to dry, and then other 5 minutes to fold them.

A lot like cooking food, that's a time to let your mind wander and breathe.

I'm the opposite. Hanging up clothes is probably my least favorite thing to do.

But I still do it because it seems wasteful to use a dryer, and damages the clothes as well.

We have a washer/dryer in our apartment. We still hang dry over 50% of our clothes because the effort involved is really minuscule, the chances of the clothes getting destroyed are significantly lower, they last significantly longer, some clothes run a risk of catching fire if the temperature is too high, and finally the clothes just feel so much nicer to wear.

Bonus, especially if electric dryer, you save a ton of cash not running it several hours a week. In AZ, it may take clothes less time to dry, IDK, I don't own/use a dryer.

Death of the World is just so convenient.

What are you doing that's more appealing than spending 5 minutes outside?

Well, you know; spending time with my children, programming my hobby projects, cooking, sleeping, working on my bicycle, riding my bicycle, lifting weights on my roof deck, googling the candidates on my absentee ballot, having sex, cooking something else, reading a novel, taking a bath... I mean there’s a veritable laundry list (ahem) of things I’d rather spend 5 minutes of my precious, precious time on than hanging my clothes on a line.

YMMV, of course...

(Possibly relevant: my clothes consist primarily of a few identical pairs of shorts and fatigue pants, and 20 identical heavyweight no-brand T-shirts, plus maybe a hoodie...)