My daughter had a stomach bug this weekend. Went through a TON of towels, as well as clothes, sheets, etc. Reinforced why a dryer is beneficial as our washer and dryer basically ran non stop all weekend.
Also, I get the whole "hang up shirts and pants" to dry. Got it, no big deal, and almost all my shirts and pants I either hang on a drying rack (polos) or dry clean (dress shirts and pants). That's not a big deal. But there's no friggin' way I'm line drying things like socks, undershirts, underwear, t-shirts, and all the little clothes my kid wears.