The Beginning of Coin Laundries and the Change in Lifestyle
I had a comforter set that I received as a gift before. I had it stored in the utility room for several years without even opening the packaging. This time, I got to use the comforter. First, I had to open the packaging and wash it once. My washing machine at home broke down, so I went to a nearby coin laundry. The neighborhood coin laundry has been open for about two years. Before that, there was a chicken restaurant, but business wasn’t good. It closed for a while, renovated the interior, and then opened as a coin laundry.
I had a comforter set that I received as a gift before. I had it stored in the utility room for several years without even opening the packaging. This time, I got to use the comforter. First, I had to open the packaging and wash it once. My washing machine at home broke down, so I went to a nearby coin laundry. The neighborhood coin laundry has been open for about two years. Before that, there was a chicken restaurant, but business wasn’t good. It closed for a while, renovated the interior, and then opened as a coin laundry.
I started using the coin laundry a year ago. I did small laundry at home, and I used the coin laundry for large laundry. It was because my washing machine at home broke down. Then why didn’t I buy a washing machine for a year? I was planning to move. So I was spent thinking that I would buy a new washing machine when I moved, but it’s been over a year. It’s the same now. I’ll buy a washing machine after I move.
After lunch, I washed my blanket at the coin laundry. Instead of drying it, I brought it home and hung it on the indoor drying rack. Since it is dry in the winter, it also acts as a humidifier.
I read an article about coin laundries before. Coin laundries were originally a convenience for people who could not afford to buy a washing machine at home. People who could not afford a washing machine because they had no money or had limited space in their homes used them. That is how I am now.
The first coin laundries appeared in Texas in 1934. They began as the Great Depression caused an increase in the number of households that could not afford to buy washing machines. At that time, coins were not used, but instead, they had to pay a resident attendant. There were no dryers, so they had to take their wet laundry home to dry. The modern coin laundries began in New York in 1957. Coin payments became possible, and this led to the 24-hour operation. This convenience greatly increased the popularity of coin laundries.
Coin laundries were an innovative idea that provided laundry services to people who could not afford to buy washing machines. Unmanned, 24-hour operation. And this service-using lifestyle has become a culture and is shown in various ways in novels and movies.
As single-person households increase, the demand for coin laundries has begun to increase. Considering efficiency and lifestyle, coin laundries will become a convenient facility that plays an important role in busy modern life.
2025.01.30.