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ELI5: Why do Americans use dryers for their clothes?

I live in Italy quite near the alps, where it's quite cold in winter and I've never ever seen a dryer in my life. I've just seen advertising in the last two years. Apparently instead on the US it's as common as the washing machine and it has always been. Even in warm stated! Why is that?
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I live in Iowa, clothes lines are still used quite a bit in the spring and summer. But as stated before, dryers are quick and convenient. If you live in a rural area, traffic can kick up a lot of gravel dust. Our "urban" areas have a lot of them. But a lot of people don't like the stiff feel of clothes that are air dried. And also the feeling of putting on hot sweatpants in the winter is the best feeling ever.