Day: February 24, 2025

One of the things that people say is wonderful about owning a house is not having to go to the laundromat. But I don’t know, I actually like going to the laundromat as a series of shopping chores in town. Like it or not at least once a week you need to go into town to get groceries and supplies.

You drop your wash in the machine, stick in some quarters then have time to make a few quick stops at nearby stores. Or it’s a good place to hop on the free Wi-Fi while the clothes are being done – as I doubt I’ll ever have home internet. I find not having laundry at home I wash clothes less, which helps them last longer as they don’t take such a beating. No need to wear every garment one day and wash it, especially if it’s not real dirty.

Not having a washing machine saves not only the regular purchase and disposal of a washing machine but also the necessity of having the space the machine takes up, a 220 volt wiring and more batteries and a bigger inverter and the water supply and water disposal infrastructure a washing machine requires. Plus at least at my parents house, their washing machine is incredibly slow and the drier does a poor job of drying clothes compared to what a laundromat does where not only is it speedy, if you use the drier there, you’re not stuck having to hang the clothes up that did not dry in the drier.