Drying the washing.

I would probably have gone nuclear and told her to mind her own bl***y business. I hate whining neighbours.

I always hang my washing outside. If it doesn't quite dry then I finish it of in my tumble drier.
I remember my mum used to hang it out in the freezing cold of winter and she used to bring it in as stiff as a board.

Outside - wind and solar power vs tumble driers, which are the "work of the devil" in my book!! She's so wrong!

I dry washing outside whenever possible. Your neighbour sounds like Hyacinth Bucket.

I long for sunny breezy days so I can hang my washing on the line outside! It's one of the few household jobs I don't mind doing. Your neighbour is being ridiculous! As for hanging knickers on the line - why ever not!?
They are on public display in M and S. Go for it, ignore your neighbour. Hope your washing dries today!

Tbh, I think your neighbour is just lazy not hanging her washing out. It’s just her opinion. I hang my washing out whenever I can, underwear included but like others try to peg it out of sight. I’d just ignore and hang your washing out all the more

I love to put my washing out to dry...what a rude person that neighbour is...also use a twirly peg drier for knickers and socks they are so useful and only a Pound to buy...tumble driers are expensive and often shrink items I've found

I always dry my washing outdoors if I can. I love to see it drying on the line and the smell of it when it comes in. I have never considered what neighbours might think. My young neighbour never has washing out and I always think of the unnecessary expense of a tumble dryer and the environmental unfriendliness of it but I would not dream of saying anything. It is not my business and she may have her own reasons.

I'm originally from the NW and as soon as its dry enough washing lines are still used there- well they were last year during the visits I made.
Now I live in the East of England and as soon as it suitable outside, I peg out my washing, as do my neighbours.
I put my smalls ( or should that be bigs ) on the inner most lines of the dryer, so they are 'hidden' by the larger items which are placed in size order on the other lines so that eventually the largest or thicker items are on the longer, outer lines.
No complaints here up to date- and as for your neighbour saying its unhygienic...she seems not to understand the point of washing doesn't she?

I dry mine on a pulley rail in the utility room as our garden isn't huge but please do hang your washing out.

In our last house, our lovely next door neighbour asked if I would ming not hanging underwear out as 'it upset' her husband.

No. Dry your washing outside!
It is softened and fragranced by the cool spring breezes and bleached by the rays of the sun.
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How behind-the times your neighbour is. Has she never heard if climate change?

I dry my laundry outside as do my three adult daughters. Only the boys use a tumble dryer!

BTW I do put our underwear out. Usually on a twirly peg thing so I can bring it in easily.

Of course it's not unacceptable . If anything, using dryers is unacceptable as it uses power that could be saved. I use both, as well as an indoor heated airer, decision based on the weather and how likely it is to get things dry fairly quickly.

What is unacceptable, IMO is for a stranger to comment on your habits, particularly those you display in your own home, and even more so when she is a newcomer.

Oh, and the idea that hanging out washing is unhygienic is just ridiculous. Just ignore her.

No it's not! That is absolute rubbish. You should do whatever you want to dry your washing. I put mine out all the time, and always have. Unhygienic? How? Unsightly? Not at all.
I hang my undies out too, but usually slightly disguised behind a large bath towel or something....
Just ignore Mrs-Poking-her nose-in and do what you want.