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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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"and their law so restrictive in some cases" Note that there was no law against this. "This coming from the country where morons want to own a gun to protect their property and all other bs excuses, it's rather comedic." This is highly inflammatory and disrespectful language and some might see it as trolling to get us off topic. "And she received two anonymous notes from neighbors saying they did not want to see her…

> This is what she says happened. There content of the note is not provided, they didn't reach out to the officials, they didn't interview neighbors. Yes, and? I find it plausible something like that happened based on my own experiences here. I see minimal incentive for her to lie. This isn't a court: that's enough for me to assume it true for the purpose of idle commentary. > But for every story of bad neighbors doi…

Plausible is a very low bar. We have to weigh what is more likely. She may not be outright lying, but it seems significantly more likely this isn't the full story and may include exaggerations.

"that's enough for me to assume it true for the purpose of idle commentary."

Why don't you assume what I'm saying is the truth? This is a story with terrible journalism. There's really no reason to assume this is the whole story, or even an accurate one.

"That's consistent with there being a serious problem. You can't compare "raw number of bad things" to "raw number of good things" like that. Trivial example: if 4% of a neighborhood is shot at that's a neighborhood with a big shooting problem."

Please read the context. We aren't talking about shootings. The prior comment implies bad neighbors being common in the US. I'm saying thats not the case. Clearly assessing what is common would be useful to compare raw numbers.

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

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post #314

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"and their law so restrictive in some cases" Note that there was no law against this. "This coming from the country where morons want to own a gun to protect their property and all other bs excuses, it's rather comedic." This is highly inflammatory and disrespectful language and some might see it as trolling to get us off topic. "And she received two anonymous notes from neighbors saying they did not want to see her…

> This is highly inflammatory and disrespectful language and some might see it as trolling to get us off topic. Only in the US it is. The rest of us agree. I know it's a big place in its own right and opinions differ inside the US too; I'm sure I'm not the first who, when adding all these peculiarities up, come to the conclusion that many or most Americans just don't like/trust their fellow Americans. So much seems t…

Again, this seems like a stereotype that you have with no actual experience.

I would bet there people in your own country who do not agree. Sounds like you're marginalizing them, which is not nice.

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

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post #314

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> This is highly inflammatory and disrespectful language and some might see it as trolling to get us off topic. Only in the US it is. The rest of us agree. I know it's a big place in its own right and opinions differ inside the US too; I'm sure I'm not the first who, when adding all these peculiarities up, come to the conclusion that many or most Americans just don't like/trust their fellow Americans. So much seems t…

Again, this seems like a stereotype that you have with no actual experience. I would bet there people in your own country who do not agree. Sounds like you're marginalizing them, which is not nice.

There really aren't.

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

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post #323

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Again, this seems like a stereotype that you have with no actual experience. I would bet there people in your own country who do not agree. Sounds like you're marginalizing them, which is not nice.

There really aren't.

What country then?

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> 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.

I can't speak for Paris, but often in UK apartments the washing machine will be in the kitchen under the counter, so above them is counter-space.

The washing machine is in the kitchen? Where's the dishwasher supposed to go then? In the US under the kitchen counter is where the dishwasher sits.

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

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I feel that a good middle ground would be to allow for outdoor / balcony clothes drying, as long as they’re covered by a tinted glass enclosure (those types used in office buildings where you can see one way, but not the other (the reason is so that some sunlight/UV can come in to heat to dry the clothes, without making them visible to surrounding people)).

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

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post #220

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I can't speak for Paris, but often in UK apartments the washing machine will be in the kitchen under the counter, so above them is counter-space.

The washing machine is in the kitchen? Where's the dishwasher supposed to go then? In the US under the kitchen counter is where the dishwasher sits.

In a large enough kitchen you have both!

In a smaller kitchen it’s more likely that the dishwasher will be sacrificed than the washing machine (since it can be replaced with a sink)

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

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It also nicely keeps out people with the wrong skin colour.

That's correct. It's very popular today to have "affinity groups" on college campuses that only allow people of certain skin colors in. For instance, a PoC affinity group disallows white people from being a part of it. They even have special graduation ceremonies where only people with certain complexions are allowed to participate. There's numerous examples beyond skin color like sexuality and gender. Freedom of ass…

You know full well that it works much stronger the other way around.
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