Banning Clotheslines

Now I've seen it all. This is insane

I don't really see hanging your clothes as an everyday option for us. We can not count on good weather. This might be a bigger concern in the south, were it's a real option.

I remember watching an environmentalist on TV talk about who needed SUV's. The guy said, it's not like everyone lives around Buffalo.

We have a clothesline, Charlie. It's great when weather permits. WNY with attics can do what their great, great grandparents did -- hang their clothes to dry up there.

Billie doesn't dry everything on the clothesline, but used it often this summer.

I will hang sheets out in the dead of winter (nothing smells better) and rarely use my dryer in the summer months.

My cousin lives in Bloomfield Hills Michigan, an upscale suburb of Detroit, and they are zoned no clotheslines and no garden hoses.

No clotheslines? So much for going green.

Bea,
Yes it was passed. And you can not have them out in front of the house either.

It code change worked very well and people now just put the clotheslines in the bakcyard.

Bea, our basement is a little too musty to hang clothes; I’m trying to fix that problem now. We also don’t have an attic so; my wife hangs cloths all over the house. It actually drives me nuts but, I guess there isn’t much of a choice for some things.

The close line debate must have been before my time. I don’t remember anything about it. It seems to make good sense to keep the lines in the backyard. I’m not sure who would want to hang clothes in the front of their house.

Seems like the law should be amended to allow for side yard when back yard is not an option.

Howard, with anything political there has to be some type of outcry to change the current law. It is pretty obvious the current law was enacted because, people complained. I have never heard anyone complain about the current law. To be honest, until a few hours ago, I didn’t even know it existed.

Lucky for me, my days of counting clothes lines are coming to an end.

Charlie, one last reform before you leave office ... think of the legacy ... the man who helped save the environment!

Hanging clothes on a line is one of the easiest ways to reduce gas/electric usage. While this summer was a crappy example, my parents and grandparents always use the clothesline in the summer, the sheets and clothes always smell better, the dryer doesn't run to keep the heat down, and it costs the environment and people next to nothing to do.

If Peter didn't hate how the clothes feel after being on a line, I'd have strung one this summer. And if I had been fined, you bet I'd make a stink about it to our government.

Bea,
I do remember seeing people hanging clothes in the front, and some of them had backyards.

This was debated alot when passed, and for the most part has worked well. In fact, if it was not for the web link, it would not even have come up here.

It will be interesting now to see if anyone goes to the next City Council meeting to demand a change

Sorry Howard and Bea. The last thing I’m going to do is give my wife a reason not to use the dryer. I don’t care for how clothes feel after they have air dried and I don’t like how they look either.

The answer is to build more nuclear power plants. :-)

Oh, and make more of those dryer sheets. I prefer the synthetic fresh outdoor smelling ones.

I love hanging clothes out on the line. It's actually quite relaxing, believe it or not. If there's a nice breeze the clothes are virtually wrinkle free. Now on a drop dead Africa hot summer day with no wind, the clothes are terribly stiff (and wrinkly!) Have to take the good with the bad I guess. I have friends in other states & they aren't allowed clotheslines in their neighborhoods either. As John Roach said, "so much for going green!"

Well, at least I have an idea for tomorrow's poll.

You can still dry them on the line, then toss them in the dryer for a minimal amount of time to soften them up. That works for me.

Lucille, that's exactly what I do. Fluff for about 8 minutes with a dryer sheet. Not quite as soft as the entire experience in the dryer but it won't scratch your skin off when ya go to use them.

Bea, when I hang I listen to the birds singing and forget all my cares and woes. We've had a pair of Mockingbirds in the back lots and they had babies this year. It was "loads" of fun listening to them mimic the other birds. I feel like I'm communing with the outdoors and it gives me some "me" time. Sorta like taking a Yoga class in my backyard.

I love this clothesline conversation.