Way back when, before the time when everyone took for granted instant access to a washer and dryer in the home, some people actually hung their clothes up to dry on a kind of rope that they strung up in the backyard. They called it a "clothesline". (I know, I know, it sounds weird, doesn't it? Drying clothes outside? I mention this in passing because so many of the people alive and on the Internet today may never have seen or heard of a clothesline.) Clotheslines are becoming popular and even controversial these days, all due to rising energy costs.
Hang it up! Clotheslines may be old-fashioned but they dry your clothes better (and cheaper) than dryers do. As a pleasant side effect, you will spend some time outside the house, pick up some vitamin D, and your clothes will smell fresh and clean without using fabric softener.
There is an added benefit. Your clothes will also last a lot longer especially towels.
we still have one. and i agree with you. clothes smell fresher when air dried. i love the smell of clothes that are dried in a clothesline.