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Brace said using a clothes dryer is a waste of energy, and she wishes more of her neighbors would take advantage of fresh air and the wind to handle the job.
But Brace said there is a stigma associated with clotheslines, so not everyone in this well-to-do community is tolerant of the eco-friendly practice: “It indicates poverty if you hang out your wash.’
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She said dryers have become a status symbol, and some residents don’t want to give them up for fear of looking like they can’t afford one.
“The whole thing is laundry isn’t nice,’’ she said. “Peasants hang out their wash.’’
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