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From all the homes of our family and friends in Puerto Rico, I don't remember seeing a single one of them having a dishwasher in the kitchen. What is the particular reason for this?
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NAH I don't think it's lack of room. I believe it is just that a dishwasher has never been an appliance to have in PR. It is not something you normally use in the kitchen, the dishes are done by everybody manually.
Maybe it's a cultural thing; can't tell you why, but that's the way it is.
Yup. It's something that never stuck. It is mainly for a lack of room: "why have such a big appliance for something you can do yourself?" Also, past PR's never trusted dishwashers to finish the job correctly. Heck, my wife (32) would never use it to actually wash anything, only for storage of wet things. So the new generation do not care for it. Finally, a lack of money. It is cheaper to buy sponges and liquid than a machine that will require repairment or replacement.
I have only seen then here on the island at hotels.
Many of the houses also do not have hot water heaters. My shower had the electric shower head heater; there was no giant tank outside or anything. None of the faucets had hot water obviously. To wash dishes I used to heat up a kettle and then mix it with soap in the sink, it wasn't the quickest process.
Many of the houses also do not have hot water heaters. My shower had the electric shower head heater; there was no giant tank outside or anything. None of the faucets had hot water obviously. To wash dishes I used to heat up a kettle and then mix it with soap in the sink, it wasn't the quickest process.
That is because there is no natural gas service anywhere on the island; only options are electric, propane, heat pump, or solar. My maternal grandpa/grandma's house has a solar water heater on the roof, while my paternal grandma's house has a miniature electric storage water heater by Bradford White.
I lived in a house with a dishwasher when growing up in San Juan, but my mother (RIP) never trusted them to clean the dishes thoroughly.
On the other hand, there are plenty of homes in PR with bidets, something that I haven't seen in the continental US.
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