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Also, quite a few lease agreements I have had place restrictions on it.

• ryandrake 2y ago
  What public good could possibly come from such a restriction/ban?
  • morkalork 2y ago
    "We don't want the building to look like a ghetto". Seriously. That's the explanation I got from the rental manager for why it was banned on their property.
  • Ccecil 2y ago
    It is mostly cosmetic. (Lowers property values in the eyes of the investor) In my case it would be 2 lease violations since simply putting up a line would be a second violation for doing "unapproved work". Lease agreements are a bit out of hand...especially in states with little/no renter protections.
    • ryandrake 2y ago
      I am imagining the Clothesline Police climbing up the fence to peek into your backyard to see how you are drying your clothes. We truly have run out of real things to be upset about and are just inventing more.
  • firefax 2y ago
    >What public good could possibly come from such a restriction/ban? Often it's to keep out the "wrong" sort -- don't want some uppity poor moving into your school district. So small things like hanging your laundry to dry or hosting a lemonade stand will have the cops rolling up on your house. (Yes, that's right -- I witnessed a township cop come destroy a child's lemonade stand signs, demand they disband, and threaten to cite the parents, and ultimately arrest the father within a week of living in an allegedly "upscale" neighborhood.)