Airing Your Dirty Laundry
Posted on November 19th, 2009 by J
In today’s society, money-saving measures are becoming quite popular. Things like turning your car off at long stops and conserving water via limited toilet flushings have become not only prudent, but practical. However, this practicality seems to stop once it crosses the path of the (DUN-DUN-DUUUUUH) Housing Associations. The long-standing tradition of clothesline-drying is apparently too much of an eyesore for many communites throughout the country.
Look. I get it. I do. People want to protect the value of their homes by making sure that they’re neighbors come off as ‘presentable’. But having laws passed that affect someone’s perfectly legal lifestyle just because someone deems it ‘trashy’ really rubs me wrong. Hell, and that’s even assuming that clotheslines are trashy(which, btw, they’re not.)
Personally, if my neighbors used clotheslines to dry their clothes, I’d be stoked to be their neighbor. Self-reliance and practicality are traits that are lacking in many in today’s society. These people should be celebrated, not cast out and repressed.
At the end of the day, maybe we should stop worrying about the aesthetics of our neighbors’ homes and concentrate on something else. Like corn. Or puppies.
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Definitely with you on the puppy front. As for this law, it’s yet another case of people using government to solve their problems. And like you said, this shouldn’t even BE considered a problem because clotheslines aren’t trashy.
I totally agree. I’m personally too lazy to ever dry my clothes on a line, but my Mom has and always will.
There’s not a single thing wrong or ugly about that. I abhor home owner’s associations with a passion.
Personally I hate clothes dried on the clothesline (the dryer makes them soft and smell nice…Mmmmm) but, my parents do in the name of energy efficiency. Who would complain about something that’s conserving energy?
Puppies!!
its a screwed society we live in. should grandma be fined for air drying her sheets in the spring ? should my 600lb neighbor hang her stained yellow g-sting and and a pair of skid marked crimefighters from the tree in the front yard ?
My wife dries laundry on a line to be green. We have a nice tall wooden fence, though, so nobody can complain.