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Why does laundry hung out in a foreign country look so much more romantic than my white trash back deck???? Do love my clothes line though:-)

That is totally true. Maybe it's the buildings the clotheslines are hanging from?

If you live in a place where the air is clean and dry then this works. But, if you live where there is high pollution, your clothes just end up dirty. Give me a dryer any day.

When you dry clothes on a line outside, they pick up an insane amount of pollen and pollution. This is a big no-no for anyone with allergies. Also, won't those clothes drip onto people's heads?

I spent 7 weeks in Rome last winter (lucky me, an uncle based in Rome who needed a cat sitter over the holidays!). He had a washer, no dryer, so all laundry was dried on a rack in the back balcony. I love the smell of laundry off the line...

i lived in italy for a long time. the no-dryer thing might have been the thing i liked least about living there. the reality of line dried laundry is that it often stinks of vespa exhaust, and stuff can take forever to dry in damp climates like florence. you have to coordinate your laundry around the weather forecast. if it's rainy, clothes can mold....it's a nightmare. also, i was on the third floor, and i continually lost socks and underwear to my neighbor's garden below. i don't miss that one bit.

I had hooks on by beams for a hammock that I took down just ran a clothes line I hang somethings love the smell. I take my duvet out once a week and let it hang in the sun.

You know, I never thought of the pollen issue. That's kind of a horrifying thought. I love the idea of hanging laundry, and was thinking of trying it (once I have a real outdoor space... sigh), but I have horrible allergies...

The concept looks so quaint in these pictures. However, I doubt my neighbors would be pleased if I hung my underwear on my deck.
Or maybe there would be a pervert....who would be too pleased. LOL!

I live in a tiny flat in the middle of the city, and wouldn't dream of hanging my washing outside, although some of my neighbours do (someone might steal my knickers!). I don't have space for a tumble drier so I use a pulley which hangs from the ceiling in the hall. It takes a full load of washing, is out of sight, and stuff dries overnight- and if I hang stuff neatly, no ironing. It also makes me feel very smug, environmentally speaking. Does anyone else use something similar?