Why do Europeans prefer those godawful washer-dryer combo machines?

They live in apartments slightly larger than a shoebox. What’d you expect?

Those things are the devil. The worst part is once you start it they hold your clothes hostage during the full cycle. I can never figure out how to set them...clothes either never seem to dry or they get stuck drying for hours

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They live in apartments slightly larger than a shoebox.

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This is it. They have more socialism, and thus are poorer than we are. They live in tiny houses, and their yards are so small they call them gardens.

My daughter and her husband are both PhDs, he a professor and she in public relations for a university. They live in Nottingham in a house that a middle class American would be glad to leave after college. It is actually half of a double.

I’ve rented AirBnBs throughout most of Europe, and in spite of the fact that I’ll pay anything, I find it hard to rent a home that a middle class American would live in. But it’s charming...lol.

In Japan there are very little to no dryers. Only washers. Block after block after block of apts & small ...there are no large houses....houses have their washed clothes hanging out on strung lines on all the balconies . Wet Undies everywhere. Yet the majority of toilets have heated seats.

And it's a front loader. I could imagine us going through one of those every 18 months at my house.

Don’t you realize we are lucky enough to live in the best damn country this world has ever seen?

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They have more socialism, and thus are poorer than we are.

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And yet those small houses and Apts cost triple what your faux Tudor in the burbs costs. As for nice, larger houses, they do exist usually outside the city though. I have several friends living in different parts of Europe and they all live in nice houses or Apts. One friend in amsterdam bought the apt next door and created one big place. He also had American washer dryer and refridge because he had lived in the US for a few years.

But the euros use the allinone washers because they are small and more energy/water efficient.

What do you expect from cave dwellers?

I don't know.

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why do europeans prefer soda warm and without ice?

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Because Europe was accustomed to having unsafe and unclean ice. Thus, putting ice in a drink is basically poisoning it.

Europeans don’t tip because the waiters are actually paid a high enough wage that they don’t have to rely on tips.

Restrooms are smaller as most properties are denser and smaller. So, with a lack of public restrooms in businesses, the state operates pay toilets where the money generated pays for the real estate and cleaning. As a result, public toilets in Europe tend to be much cleaner.

The washer/dryer combos are because European apartments are MUCH smaller than American ones on average. In fact, all of their appliances and furniture tends to be designed to take up as little real estate as possible.