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Because the shrinking living space makes it impossible to hang up a full sheet unless you’re just hanging it through your kitchen/living room/ bedroom all at the same time.

And some areas such as Taiwan and the west coast is so humid you’re essentially just molding your sheets rather than drying them.

Sorry,didnt mean to interrupt your tale of privilege.

I used both options. It's worth mentioning that, depending where you live, using a drying rack indoors can cause major mold issues. The humidity needs to go somewhere.

It's also worth noting that modern dryers are massively more efficient than the older ones. Many older dryers (at least in the UK) could run at around 2.5-3kW. my new one is down to 500W. That energy also gets dumped into the living area as heat, so isn't wasted in the winter.

Basically, the equations are not as simple as they first appear.

I have a drying rack, and I use it too.

My washer/dryer are in the basement, so unless it's winter when I need the humidity, it's already humid down there so the rack's efficacy is limited (plus, too humid, and I have to run the dehumidifier to prevent mold). Hanging clothes outside is a no-go for me because, like someone else said, birds frequently shit all over the clean laundry.

I typically pre-dry things on the rack and pop them in the dryer to fluff them up, get the last of the moisture out, and, most importantly, get any remaining dog hair off of them.

Not to mention, making such a blanket statement like that is a bit rude; you don't know people's life situations.

My cats decided that the drying rack is a playhouse and knock it over. I used to air dry my clothes outside in the summer, but then i lost that apartment and have nowhere to dry outside