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[quote=Anonymous]I just learned last month that my parents, who grew up in rural Iowa and rural Wisconsin in the 50s, grew up with weekly baths. My stepmom had the "everyone shares bathwater, oldest to youngest" system. The big reason was lack of indoor running water in their poor rural areas. Grandma even had to burn corncobs to heat the water! I was flabbergasted to learn that "the past" isn't as far away as I always assumed. Sounds like the big distinction was rural vs town -- it took much, much longer to get infrastructure out to all the farms. My aunt was in high school in the early 60s and said her farm family had the weekly system, but she used to sneak into town to HER aunt's house to bathe more more often in the indoor plumbing. [/quote]
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