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Re:Every American Car Brand Is on the Bottom Half of CR's Re... by nostrademons on Monday November 11, 2019 @05:01PM (#21509364)
A lot of Americans consider hanging clothes to be unsightly (it's even become an idiom: "Don't air your dirty laundry in public"). Some apartment managers will even get mad at you and ask you to stop or hang them indoors if you do.

There's also an issue with general social cohesion, inequality, and safety in American urban environments: many people are afraid people will steal their clothes if they just hang them up for a while. This is less of an issue in small rural towns, and indeed, hanging your clothes out to dry in your yard is considered more socially acceptable in small towns.

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Re:Every American Car Brand Is on the Bottom Half of CR's Re... by mattlondon on Monday November 11, 2019 @06:40PM (#21510123)
Hanging laundry in the UK is also kinda in the same condition - in your own back garden fine, but if you live in an apartment with a balcony it is usually a 100% hard no to hanging laundry.

Personally I never liked the smell of clothes that had hung dry, much preferred them "done properly" in the drier :)

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