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@dvtm if you're just going to hang your clothes up to dry, then what's the point of having a dryer in the first place?

mkl 5y ago
Hanging clothes on a rack inside is easy, but hanging sheets inside is not. I use my dryer for sheets when weather or time of day makes the outside line not a solution. I also use the dryer occasionally if I need some particular clothes in a hurry. I never put things through the dryer and then hang them though; my dryer works, and I don't even use the highest setting.
- wrycoder 5y ago
  In some locations, it’s illegal to dry your clothes on an outside line.
  - nicoburns 5y ago
    Which is absolutely infuriating from both a climate and a freedom point of view.
  - root_axis 5y ago
    This is not true. In fact, in the context of this discussion, the opposite is true, that is to say, there are many HOAs (i.e. corporations) that prohibit hanging clothes outside, but there are actually several state laws which ban such prohibitions, so this is actually a case where regulations are protecting people's freedoms, not restricting them, like your comment implies.
    - Xorakios 5y ago
      Maine, Arizona and Vermont all prohibit hanging clothes outside to dry. 19 states prohibit prohibitions by municipalities, but most states leave it up to the municipality to decide.
      - soneil 5y ago
        > Maine, Arizona and Vermont all prohibit hanging clothes outside to dry. Are you sure you don't have that backwards? From what I can find these are "right to dry" states which have banned clothesline bans (eg your HOA can try to ban it, and the state overrides it)
      - baash05 5y ago
        Not all people who own driers live in the US.
      - PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago
        You have this half-backwards: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin - these states all have "right to dry" laws. > Now, amidst growing concern about wasteful energy use, clothesline proponents argue that the traditional method of drying laundry is not only cheaper but better for the environment. Lawmakers in some 19 states have agreed, enacting “right to dry” laws that prohibit clothesline bans, > The exact nature of “right to dry” laws varies from state to state—while some prohibit clothesline bans directly, others recognize a right to use solar power that implicitly may preclude those in authority from preventing a homeowner from drying laundry in the sun. https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/20_right_to_dry_states_outlaw_clothesline_bans_is_yours_among_them/ https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/20_right_to_dry_stat...
    - Mountain_Skies 5y ago
      The county next to where I live has banned vinyl siding for the entire county. It's not an HOA rule, it's a countywide government rule. Wouldn't be surprised to find out there are counties or towns that have their own clothesline ban.

mkl 5y ago

Hanging clothes on a rack inside is easy, but hanging sheets inside is not. I use my dryer for sheets when weather or time of day makes the outside line not a solution. I also use the dryer occasionally if I need some particular clothes in a hurry. I never put things through the dryer and then hang them though; my dryer works, and I don't even use the highest setting.

wrycoder 5y ago
In some locations, it’s illegal to dry your clothes on an outside line.
- nicoburns 5y ago
  Which is absolutely infuriating from both a climate and a freedom point of view.
- root_axis 5y ago
  This is not true. In fact, in the context of this discussion, the opposite is true, that is to say, there are many HOAs (i.e. corporations) that prohibit hanging clothes outside, but there are actually several state laws which ban such prohibitions, so this is actually a case where regulations are protecting people's freedoms, not restricting them, like your comment implies.
  - Xorakios 5y ago
    Maine, Arizona and Vermont all prohibit hanging clothes outside to dry. 19 states prohibit prohibitions by municipalities, but most states leave it up to the municipality to decide.
    - soneil 5y ago
      > Maine, Arizona and Vermont all prohibit hanging clothes outside to dry. Are you sure you don't have that backwards? From what I can find these are "right to dry" states which have banned clothesline bans (eg your HOA can try to ban it, and the state overrides it)
    - baash05 5y ago
      Not all people who own driers live in the US.
    - PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago
      You have this half-backwards: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin - these states all have "right to dry" laws. > Now, amidst growing concern about wasteful energy use, clothesline proponents argue that the traditional method of drying laundry is not only cheaper but better for the environment. Lawmakers in some 19 states have agreed, enacting “right to dry” laws that prohibit clothesline bans, > The exact nature of “right to dry” laws varies from state to state—while some prohibit clothesline bans directly, others recognize a right to use solar power that implicitly may preclude those in authority from preventing a homeowner from drying laundry in the sun. https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/20_right_to_dry_states_outlaw_clothesline_bans_is_yours_among_them/ https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/20_right_to_dry_stat...
  - Mountain_Skies 5y ago
    The county next to where I live has banned vinyl siding for the entire county. It's not an HOA rule, it's a countywide government rule. Wouldn't be surprised to find out there are counties or towns that have their own clothesline ban.