Organization trying to change stereotype of line drying....

tjmtjm · May 2011

I heard about this in an article today and thought it was kind of funny/cute. I'm all for supporting the "little guy" so I signed it.

This person is trying to get a bunch of people to sign his petition to ask the Obamas to "line dry" with a photo op just for one day. They think that clotheslines have been "stereotyped" as only being used by poor people without dryers and is trying to change that mindset to using clotheslines again to save energy and money.

https://right2dry.org/

He is also upset that subdivisions have rules against clotheslines. My HOA has a rule against clotheslines. I don't think I'd ever use a clothesline...but I don't really care if the "green" person next door has one in their backyard. (As long as there are no couches on the lawn or flamingos, I'm cool with it).

My mom always had a clothesline when we were kids and we lived in a Chicago suburb (Arlington Heights, IL). So I guess I never thought of it as THAT weird....but I also grew up with a hippie dippie mom that grew most of our veggies, line dried some stuff (not all...no undies! haha) and is what some would call "crunchy" lol.

Anyway, I thought it was cute.

weebos8 · May 2011

That's so neat. My parents always had a clothesline, and we will have one at our new house. I guess it's just normal to me!

abrazz · May 2011

That's pretty neat

Mom used one in the summer when we were kids and I have one at our house in TN that I hung dry things that were too big for the dryer.

krissymac · May 2011

What a very random topic! I love to line dry my clothes, sheets & towels. Our subdivision restricts permanent clotheslines, which is stupid. No one seems to be following the covenants or enforcing them anyway in the 7 years we have lived here. I do have a zip line thingy set up that we tie our dog to so he can roam most of the yard, I might have to throw some clothes out there on it this summer on days I work from home and on mat leave

Gummybear · May 2011

Our HOA has about 3 rules, and one of them is no line-drying Sad

I would LOVE to do it. It's laughable tome because one of my neighbor's has a upolstered (sp?) recliner on his front porch, yet people cannot save money and energy by line-drying.

dairygirl19 · May 2011

I never knew line drying had a stigma until the nest/bump.

Everyone here has a clothesline and most always have. It's not weird at all. We're in a very rural/farm country USA area, but it's not poor either.

It's that whole "Green before green was a thing" around here.

I never understood how line drying = poor and how HOAs deem them unattractive. It's only clothes afterall.

FyshWyfe · May 2011

I wouldn't want my neighbors line drying in their front yards, but whatever they do in the back yard is out of sight, out of mind. That being said, we've always line dried about 80% of our clothes on folding drying racks (IKEA has great ones for about $20 that hold two loads - we have 2 in constant rotation). A few months ago our dryer broke and we haven't replaced it. We now line dry 100%. It's kinda silly not to when you live in South Texas and it's a bajillion degrees all the time.

momtoRaegan041008 · May 2011

I hang up my work clothes, jeans, and delicates on a drying rack inside my house. Our clothes were always line dried during the summer growing up. I just prefer the feel of my clothes coming out of the dryer, other than the items I mentioned. To me it has nothing to do with being able to afford a dryer. We had a clothes line when we moved in, but cut them down since we won't be using it.

tjmtjm · May 2011

momtoRaegan041008:
I hang up my work clothes, jeans, and delicates on a drying rack inside my house. Our clothes were always line dried during the summer growing up. I just prefer the feel of my clothes coming out of the dryer, other than the items I mentioned. To me it has nothing to do with being able to afford a dryer. We had a clothes line when we moved in, but cut them down since we won't be using it.

Well, even thought TO YOU it doesn't there are a lot of people who do feel line drying is kinda "backwoods" and "hillbilly". The organization is hoping to change those opinions.

Since you are such a fan, I hope you signed the petition.

Its funny how when something like this gets posted...opinions always get thrown around. I couldn't care less how people FEEL about line drying...but I more wanted to get the word out over a movement/organization that I thought was interesting. So much more work could be done improving things if we spent less time expressing opinions and actually DOING something! Stick out tongue

That being said, I'm glad there are so many "line drying" proponents on here. I signed the petition in hopes that maybe the "righttodry" people will get their wish granted and further down the road HOA's like mine may rescind the line drying laws for those who wish to do so. I think its a great way to save energy and money. And I don't think its an eyesore. Especially in backyards. Ours is shaded by so many trees you can barely see the neighbors yards.

As a pp said...front yards...different story. lol

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