Why are Americans so hostile to outdoor laundry lines? Columnist Michelle Slatalla gives a clothes line a try—in her front yard.
Inspired by the laundry she saw festooning narrow streets in Italy, columnist Michelle Slatalla air dried her own clothes in her California front yard.
Not everyone was charmedMy husband came out into the front yard, where I was hanging his underwear on a clothesline stretched between two fruit trees.“There’s nothing wrong with the dryer, except that it costs money to run and releases carbon dioxide into the air,” I said.
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