One of the most dreaded of all household tasks is laundry day. But to be fair, it used to be harder when everyone used clotheslines to dry their wet clothes. As of early 2020, what percentage of American households still used clotheslines?

One in five American households still use clotheslines, but the arguments against them keep piling up, like angry neighbors, bad weather, bird droppings, and other environmental hazards like dirt and smog. As the air has gotten dirtier, the use of clotheslines has decreased.

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