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Re:Gut epithelial barrier damage caused by dishwasher deterg... by cvoss on Thursday December 01, 2022 @05:22PM (#33823810)
In my limited experience in the several places I've lived in the US, only one had an issue with water that was hard enough to need addressing. Most residences there had a dedicated household water softener, so even there the dishwashers didn't need to do their own softening.

Here's a nice map [1]

[1] https://homewater101.com/articles/hard-water-across-us

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Re:Gut epithelial barrier damage caused by dishwasher deterg... by nerdponx on Thursday December 01, 2022 @06:44PM (#33824754)
Another anecdote from the USA: I've only ever had problems with hard water in a house that got water from a well. Never had a problem with municipal water (although there are other contaminants in that).
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Re:Gut epithelial barrier damage caused by dishwasher deterg... by rubidium on Thursday December 01, 2022 @07:06PM (#33824937)
Nice to be #1 in something. But that explains a lot.
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Re:Gut epithelial barrier damage caused by dishwasher deterg... by someweirdperson on Friday December 02, 2022 @04:23AM (#33828454)
From that link [1 above]: "An overwhelming 85 percent of the USA has hard water, so the likelihood that you live in state or city with hard water is high."

For a random location. Comparing the water hardness map with a population density map it seems that most are living in areas with soft water.

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