Originally Posted by
Jude
I'm pretty sure the opposition to clotheslines comes from rich *****es that think it looks ghetto to have clothes hanging out in the yard like a poor person who can't afford a dryer. And it brings property values down or something. That's what homeowners associations are for.
Even in the poor sections of town where people go to the laundromats they pay for the dryer. Very few people take their clothes home to dry on the line or on the racks in their apartments. I used to do it but most shell out for the dryer as long as they're at the laundromat. I was thinking, if you're worried about what it makes the neighborhood "look like" it makes the neighborhood look like there is someone at home, either a stay at home mom or a nanny or something. Wouldn't the hanging wash deter crime since the crook knows someone is at least going to be looking out at the wash? I don't know anything.