Your average domestic laundry system here in Korea is different than that of America. Generally speaking, there are no dryers, clothes are dried on lines or racks. This would be fine with me, except that it necessarily entails ironing shirts and pants since wrinkles air-dry into the fabrics, and I hate ironing. I can't do it well, and to make matters worse, my iron has a cord that's about two feet long so I have to set up my mini ironing board in a corner of my room where there is a plug low enough to the ground so that the iron can reach the board, which stands about six inches off the ground. It's annoying, but whatever, I compensate by not ironing stuff much.
Your average domestic heating system here in Korea is also different than that of America. The heat comes through the floor instead of through vents or radiators. This is pretty nice on your feet since shoes are not worn in homes ever. Sometimes I pick up clothes that have been lying on the floor all day or night and put them on, and am pleasantly surprised by how warm they are. This is especially good in the morning when putting pants on. Since there are no dryers in Korea, or ovens, leaving clothes on the floor is really the only way to get them nice and toasty before putting them on, which leads me to an interesting hypothesis:
I'm considering putting my clothes fresh out of the washer on the floor to dry - the direct heat will surely make them dry faster than cramming them all on my drying rack, and maybe even leave them less wrinkled, due not only to the heat, but also to the fact that they would be laying flat instead of folded over on a drying rung. Of course, putting clean clothes directly on the floor seems counterproductive, but maybe I can just make sure the floor is really clean. We'll see.
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