Plenty of old photos of people running drying lines between them and the opposite tenement building. Not saying people should do that today, just that it's what people did when they had neither space nor means to buy a dryer (or before dryers were invented)

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autoexec 3 days ago | parent [-]

Many Americans would love to do this today, but every apartment I've rented in the last 15 years has strict rules against drying clothes outside along with other restrictions on what you're allowed to place or store on patios and balconies there. Most of the rules seem to be in place purely so that the complex/tower doesn't look "poor" or "trashy"

	▲	henrikschroder 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		It's pretty much only Americans who think clothes on clothes lines makes a place look "poor". Consumerism demands that everyone buys a tumble dryer, therefore not having a tumble dryer means you're a povvo! Meanwhile, in civilisation, I have a washer, a dryer, and a collapsible wall-mounted clothesline in my apartment, and I can choose which piece of clothing goes where to dry depending on need!