We are the opposite here. Don't have a dryer and won't ever get one. We have a MASSIVE old 1950s hills hoist and I love it! I can fit about 3 full loads of washing on it and on warm windy days I do load after load on it! In winter we use our clothes horses over the ducted heating and on mild rainy days they stay under our deck. As much of a pain as it is, particularly in winter (and in winter when I was using MCN - hooley dooley) but it still isn't that much of a pain that I would buy a dryer - I could never justify the environmental impact.
I have a 'normal' clothes line, which I now only use for towels and sheets. For the rest, I have an airer on the back deck that I hang underwear, socks, DD's shorts etc on. Shirts go straight on a coat hanger and hung on lines DH has rigged up on the verandah.
I don't use my clothes line as much anymore, cos it's always sooo hot out there when I hang stuff out and I got sick of clothes fading too quickly. By hanging everything on the verandah upstairs I can keep an eye on DD much easier too. She tends to bolt off towards the side yard, which isn't entirely child friendly most of the time!
Come to think of it, I very rarely see my neighbours hanging out any washing either...
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