100%. One of the things I love about you is the way you think things through.

Good point, Wren. I like this post.

I would just dry them indoors…especially if I had a garage then I could just hang them in there.

is campaign with her neighbors to change the rules. There might be enough people who agree that it’s okay, especially given the increased concern about global warming.

I have always felt that it’s crazy to be upset by laundry drying on a line. I live in a modest neighborhood and I would line-dry, but I think my dogs would just tear the clothes down.

news story Sunday morning.

I thought she was in the wrong too. She bought into the community with the set rules. She can hang her laundry up in an enclosed area. Just not out in the open. Sigh… some people

^LOLOL

Edit – my favorite part of the Sunday morning news on CBS is the last minute when they take you ‘away’.

line drying, but, as you say, she made an agreement.

Also, why does she have to make such a big fuss that it’s on the news?

In my area of the country, almost all communities have restrictive covenants dealing with house size, building materials, and so on.

In my neighborhood, which consists of one street, our garages can’t face the street, our garbage cans can’t be visible from the street, and we can’t put up a clothesline. And our neigborhood is much less restrictive than another one we looked at, which regulates the COLOR of your SCREENS on windows and porches. Nick refused to even consider that neighborhood.

on this one.

I agree with you that while her eco-consciousness is commendable, if she signed an agreement saying she wouldn’t hang her clothes outside on a line, she should stick to it. Why doesn’t she dry them on a clothes-dryer inside the house? That’s what I do, and I live in a flat the size of a postage stamp – I have to plan my laundry quite carefully to make sure that any visitors don’t get a lovely view of my underwear, ahem ;)

but laugh at this news story, it’s absurd. Yes she did sign an agreement but what kind of place is that to be living in? I wouldn’t do very well there I’m afraid, I always hang my washing out, I do not own a dryer. Thanks for posting this Wren it has given me a good giggle :)

I meant the news story has given me a laugh Wren, not your comment, which is well thought out… :)

that the community provide a screened drying area for its residents? Carefully located and with some landscaping, there is no need for it to be an eyesore. Providing some helpful and acceptable alternatives might be a better way to introduce change in the world.

NO one had a dryer. Everyone’s laundry was on full display. My mom had to climb outside on a 3rd floor fire escape trellis to hang our clothes. She was always petrified of falling. Of course, back then we only had a wash tub with those rollers to press out the excess water!

I hung up my laundry right up until I had my second child. (I also used cloth diapers) Then I said I wanted a dryer. I’ll do a lot for the environment, but I love my dryer!

I absolutely agree; if you don’t like the rules, work to change the rules or put yourself in a position where the rules don’t apply. You can’t just break the rules because you don’t like them; that results in anarchy not democracy!
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I generally agree about not breaking rules – up to a point. Anyone old enough to remember the civil rights struggles in the ‘60s remembers well that “not breaking rules/laws” was a reason often given for continuing truly unfair practices. Remember Rosa Parks? It was against the law for her to ride in the front of the bus. Only protests changed this law, not reasoned arguments. Sometimes we get so complacent about things we fail to see that things need changing.

Is trying to pass a law banning clothes lines because people feel it’s unsightly… personally, I think clothes lines are a great thing. My mom used to hang most of our clothes on a line when I was growing up. She had a bed of lavender planted blow the line so it had built in scent. :) I just don’t have the time to fool with it, or I would do the same.