Who knew when to use clotheslines in NYC highrises?

they don't get used anymore. people use dryers now.

Drying clothes outside via clothesline is kind of outmoded today. I expect now everyone uses electric driers. Besides with air pollution, pigeons, and rain, it may not be a good way to dry them.

even in the city a good windy day will get your stuff dry and smelling fresh. but not on a smog day when the air is still.

many urban developers have passed by-laws banning them but energy prices may soon see a reversal of that if citizens are allowed to sue environmentally unfriendly corporations under existing legislation.

I live in Europe and have 13' high ceilings in my flat.

I have a clothes line on a pully that comes down from the ceiling in either my kitchen or bathroom.

If things are too heavy to hang on there, I dry them in my loft.