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U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry (2009)

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Re: U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry (2009)

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Post by mlindner »

dopidopHN wrote: post #156
doublesocket wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

London. Cold enough that anything in an old Victorian building won't dry but warm enough that the air remains humid.

I lived for years in Paris. Dryer don’t exists there. You just don’t have space for one … Is the weather THAT different in London ?

> I lived for years in Paris. Dryer don’t exists there. You just don’t have space for one … Is the weather THAT different in London ?

Do you not have space for a washing machine either? In many apartments in the US the dryer is stacked on top of the washing machine. It doesn't consume any additional space.

Re: U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry (2009)

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Post by SaddledBounding »

nemo44x wrote: post #139
SaddledBounding wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The vast majority of people in the Hacker News community clearly take offense to your view. Perhaps you should take a moment to consider your own antisocial behavior and quietly not express your opinion. After all, we need to compromise and can't just say as we please.

My comment is perfectly within the community guidelines of this site. You’ve unwittingly proven my point - communities have guidelines and by-laws.

You misunderstand me; I agree with you, which is why I think we should quiet down and not upset the sensibilities of the majority in the community. I understand why you would assume my comment is not in good faith, and I do not hold it against you, but this is not the community to air such concerns, as that violates the community guidelines.

Re: U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry (2009)

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Post by rtanks »

giantg2 wrote: post #145

I think this might be a poor article and there could be more to the story. I don't see them fighting for the right to hang laundry. No action has been taken against the woman, and the man was fined by an association (I don't like associations, but they have tons of restrictions that he voluntarily entered into). If you look at that picture, it seems the woman is hanging her laundry in the front yard. It seems the art…

I agree

Re: U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry (2009)

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Post by phil21 »

cinntaile wrote: post #79

The land of the free sure has a lot of strange rules.

From my traveling I've come to the conclusion that the US has a lot of political freedom, but very little personal freedom.

The opposite is true for many other places I've spent time in.

Re: U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry (2009)

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Post by cityofdelusion »

Gordonjcp wrote: post #177
s1artibartfast wrote: post #155

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You agree to the contract. As simple as that.

Why would anyone do that, then?

There are literally stacks of papers that get signed when you close on a house. I imagine 90% of people just sign everything in front of them without a second thought.

Re: U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry (2009)

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Post by nemo44x »

gambiting wrote: post #135
nemo44x wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have to explain why people shouldn’t park their car on their front lawn? Seriously? Aesthetics are a thing and I can’t imagine anyone that lives in my town (or most towns) finding that acceptable. “Clinch” was a typo; corrected to “couch”.

>>I have to explain why people shouldn’t park their car on their front lawn? Seriously? Yes, yes please. Is it their front lawn? As in - they own the land? And they aren't causing any harm or damage to anyone, other than the fact that you don't like it? You mentioned "property value loss" in another comment - that's not a thing. Certainly not due to a car parked on someone's lawn. Again, I find your intention to get…

> Again, I find your intention to get into other people's business just.....strange.

It's not me. It's a community which agreed on a guideline, standard, by-law, etc.

> You mentioned "property value loss" in another comment - that's not a thing.

No, it actually is. Demand will suffer in locations which are unkept and trashy. I would not buy a property next to a home that had cars parked on the front lawn. I would not want to live next to someone who thinks that's appropriate and most people would agree with me.

There's a reason we stage homes when selling - we want them to be as attractive as possible. The surrounding area, if nice, will add to the value because people want to live in nice places and around nice people.

Re: U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry (2009)

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Post by mlindner »

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #3

> dryer use accounts for about 6 percent of U.S. residential electricity use That's a huge amount! I didn't realize it was so much!

Every house with a washing machine has a dryer in the US. Also many are gas powered instead of powered by electricity. Similiarly for any laundromat or laundry room in an apartment complex.

I've yet to have ever been to a location in the US where a dryer was not directly adjacent to the washing machine.

Re: U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry (2009)

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Post by lawn »

refurb wrote: post #54

Drying without a dryer sucks big time. They call appliances "modern conveniences" for a reason. Sure, if you're a hip cool 20-something who does a load of laundry per week air-drying is fine. Try being a household with a couple kids and a baby under 2 and hanging your laundry everyday. It's a waste of time and frankly sucks. I've done it.

We have two kids and we've never used a dryer. We just hang it up in the basement and it's dry the next day, or we hang it outside on the summer and if it's sunny.

Not a big deal at all.

Re: U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry (2009)

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Post by namdnay »

blakesterz wrote: post #5
Wowfunhappy wrote: post #3

> dryer use accounts for about 6 percent of U.S. residential electricity use That's a huge amount! I didn't realize it was so much!

I thought for SURE that was going to be one of those made up stats from stupid magazine... nope... seems like that's actually true!? That's WAY higher than I would've ever guessed.

I guess they're mostly using old dryers without a heat pump

Re: U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry (2009)

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Post by cityofdelusion »

lloydatkinson wrote: post #59

I can’t imagine such a freedom limiting law in any European country or here in the UK. Utterly absurd a country that prioritises freedom so much also dictates how people are allowed to dry their laundry. I’m sure if the wind could be taxed they’d not restrict it though…

There is no national law on laundry drying in the U.S.; this issue is always one of local law or social customs. Freedom isn't our top priority either, that is more of an established mythos of the U.S., many many things take higher priority, especially in subsets of the population.
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