# I pit you, laundry thief

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-laundry-thief/403819>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 12, 2007, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-laundry-thief/403819 "2007-05-12T07:12:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-laundry-thief/403819/61 "2007-05-31T14:53:43Z")

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[QUOTE=DrDeth]  
Most buildings have a laundry room, as has been the subject of discussion here.  
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Here in Chicago, it’s a \*bonus \*if there is laundry onsite, and it’s almost always coin-op. There are lots of coin-op laundromats that apartment dwellers lug all their stuff to. I lived in a southern suburb of Chicago and there was a laundry room in the basement, also coin op, and in Evanston in two buildings and both had communal coin op laundry. I’ve never seen a Chicagoland apartment with private laundry hook ups in unit.

I just worked out the numbers, and I’ve spent over $4500 in quarters to wash and dry laundry over the last 10 years. :smack:

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