Re:Airbnb Is in Midlife Crisis Mode
by devoutsalsa on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @10:33AM
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I was a digital nomad for 4 years. The ability to do your own laundry is why I prefer an Airbnb over hotel, especially when you’re only living out of carryon luggage with a few days of clothing. Relying on hotel laundry is hard to time and is not cheap.
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Re:Airbnb Is in Midlife Crisis Mode
by MyPasswordSucks on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @02:14PM
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If you were an analog nomad for 4 days you would have encountered a laundromat.
How widespread those are depends very much on the country. There are some in which most people haven't seen a laundromat in their life outside of American movies.
Laundromats are commonplace in every country I have visited, none of which are in America.
I didn't say that they are unique to America. And yes, many countries do have them in abundance. Many others do not, or they are rare enough that you might not have one nearby.
I'm from Russia originally and the first time I have ever seen one outside of a movie was when I moved to Canada. Russia does have them, but, generally speaking, only in large cities.