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Originally Posted by KathrynAragon
"Their." Just a pet peeve of mine.
Anyway, I don't mind the HOA rule - We live in a very nice neighborhood and I don't personally want to see a lot of clothes lines. What I'm saying is that it's easy to hang clothes out to dry without everyone seeing all the laundry.
I prefer living in a neighborhood with a moderate HOA. Not an overly restrictive one but one that has a few enforced rules.
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Yes, I agree with you, what you do is fine, you stated you have a retractible line, that way when you are done with it, it basically diseappears, and is only used when you have the big things like sheets, etc. that's a very good idea, same with the drying racks, when in not use, you most likley fold and put away until the next time you need to air dry something. I don't see anything wrong with that.
Obvioulsy, when you have company in your yard, you not going to have wash hanging all over the place and that when the retractible is just perfect.
I think what you do is fine, of course, as I have stated many times, I am "pro" clothesline, we know this, but of course my living area is fine with people having clotheslines. I don't like when some buildings have thier tenants hang thier laundry on the fire escapes in the front of the building, that doesn't look nice at all, and does make the building look like a third world country....plus is a fire violation, but in a back yard, that's not visable from the street, is another story.
In regards to the original question, I don't think dryers should be banned, like I had said before, I think the rule of banning clotheslines should be banned, but that is JMO. Not everyone has time, like others have stated to hang laundry, of course....some luxury high rises simply cannot have them, and also, I do agree, who wants to look at laundry hanging all over the home,I totally get that. Another poster stated having mutiple kids, husband work clothes, etc, of course, the last thing she would want to do would be to spend over an hour hanging wash, so I get that also.
in our winter months, when you cant really use the clothesline, I too, have the folding racks, i do laundry on a friday night, put it next to the radiator, take shower, go to bed, first thing while having coffee in the morning, I take the rack, bring to the kitchen and fold the clothes, and then fold the clothes rack away, and no one sees it, and Im not looking at it all day, so its a win win situation.
Yes, also, like you have stated, there are many ways to get around "the clothesline" by being creative, thus no one would even know. As a woman, I'm sure you probably even have a few delicate items such as fancy blouses, etc, (please forgive me, Im a middle age man and am not up on the latest on women's blouses) that really should not be put in a dryer, hence this is why you hang them on hangers and dry outside, excellent idea, of course that totally makes sense....and Im sure they are not hanging there for days at a time...
I do think though that electric dryers would use more money in electricity than gas dryers, but that, you can't really help, depending on where you live....here in NY, our electricity rates are terribly insane, by having A/C in the summer months, it completely quadruples my electric bill, so I can't say about other regions, as I don't know.
My friend in Pt St Lucie Florida has an electric dryer and he did mention isn't it expensive, and he said the electric rates are not what they are like in NY. Alos, the humidity is so terrible there, that you really have to use a dryer.
So, I don't agree, that dryers "should be banned",
I believe dryers should absolutley NOT be banned, and I am guilty, there are times I will take my clothes to the laundromat to wash and dry them, I do.....I admit it.
Some people like dryers, and thats that, and others like clotheslines, and others do both.....so, my personal view is do what you like and what makes you happy.
PS: and, just to throw this out there, I hung a few sets of sheets on the clothesline a day ago, sadly they are still there as it has rained....wouldn't you know, all day long sunny, and thinking ok, good, I can come home from work, fold and put away.....but on the way home it starts to rain, and hard too...****sigh*****so, have to leave them there till they are dry.
Now, that makes me crazy, lol, most likley bone ass dry, and i just couldnt get home fast enough, and this would have been one of those times that I would have thrown them all in the dryer (if i had one)......
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