I imagine the New York Times wants me to break something

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I imagine that the new American dustiness affects women’s happiness more than men’s.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/26/business/26leonhardt.html

Comments

[hobbitblue.livejournal.com]

"There haven’t been any dust-related technological breakthroughs, so houses are probably just dirtier than they used to be."

Er yes. Because vaccuum cleaners have nothing to do with dust, and there haven't been any improved models of those at all, at all. And modern floor coverings aren't made of differnt fibres which are more resistant to dust and dirt, and people don't wear different kinds of clothes, or bathe more, or have less clutter and knickknacks and heavy drapes which all used to catch the dust. Nope, all us modern women are just lazy and grimy, whoo.

[beemerbike.livejournal.com]

The only problem with dust now compared with 50 years ago is that there is more of it now. Dust is directly related to the environment in which you live. I know someone who lives in the desert in AZ and even if every window in the house is closed there will be a thin layer of dust every single day. She vacuums and vacuums to no avail. Now she vacuums once a week and feather dusts daily to at least get it off of surfaces.

[hobbitblue.livejournal.com]

It varies from place to place, but I'm not sure there's more of it, we've got less then a decade or so ago, for example. Isn't desert dust going to be more sand than fluff though? Must be a nightmare..

[beemerbike.livejournal.com]

exactly...from what this friend has told me it's a grime that just cannot be gotten rid of...ick!