Haha, this is turning into a debate about NYC, when I was just using parts of Manhattan as examples of similarly boring areas to downtown San Diego.
(And yes, most people wash their blankets and pillows — going to the Chinese laundry down the street or to the big washer in your building’s basement once every month or so isn’t a huge deal. Also, none of my friends’ apartments in San Diego actually have washers and dryers in the apt itself. They’re generally in a common laundry room — or nonexistent in the case of my friend’s old rental cottage in PB — she had to go to the laundrymat once a week.)
