Would you rent a house where the neighbors hung laundry outside?

[Anonymous]

Sorry, I would find this trashy. Same if you had 4 beat up cars in the driveway up on blocks or a couch in the front yard. Nothing you can really do about it.

[Anonymous]

Rental, fine. That kind of stuff does affect property values, like a chain link fence does, so I wouldn't necessarily buy there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:11:32 here. Different country is Canada, and in a "normal", middle class area. It is offensive to make such judgements.

Yea, like 5 months out of the year.

[Anonymous]

OP, I hang my laundry outside to dry as one of the many small things everybody can do because it costs you nothing to do your bit for the environment.
But I do it in the backyard because of superficial and judgemental people like you, even though we live in one of the nicest houses in our pretty upscale neighborhood.
I don't put pesticides on my lawn either and while it looks less like astroturf than my neighbors', our garden has a lot more birds and butterflies in it. And I don't have to worry about my kids being exposed to those chemicals when they go out to play.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:11:32 here. Different country is Canada, and in a "normal", middle class area. It is offensive to make such judgements.

Yea, like 5 months out of the year.

So, what does it matter? That's the way the seasons go. So the rest of the time, we dry the clothes on our clothing line in our basement.

[Anonymous]

OP, I hang my laundry outside to dry as one of the many small things everybody can do because it costs you nothing to do your bit for the environment.
But I do it in the backyard because of superficial and judgemental people like you, even though we live in one of the nicest houses in our pretty upscale neighborhood.
I don't put pesticides on my lawn either and while it looks less like astroturf than my neighbors', our garden has a lot more birds and butterflies in it. And I don't have to worry about my kids being exposed to those chemicals when they go out to play.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:11:32 here. Different country is Canada, and in a "normal", middle class area. It is offensive to make such judgements.

Yea, like 5 months out of the year.

So, what does it matter? That's the way the seasons go. So the rest of the time, we dry the clothes on our clothing line in our basement.

How long does that take to dry with how damp basements are? Do the clothes smell like a basement afterwards, a bit moldy?

[Anonymous]

No. OP, you're not overreacting. I wouldn't think twice if it was the back yard, but the front yard...uh, no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I hang my laundry outside to dry as one of the many small things everybody can do because it costs you nothing to do your bit for the environment.
But I do it in the backyard because of superficial and judgemental people like you, even though we live in one of the nicest houses in our pretty upscale neighborhood.
I don't put pesticides on my lawn either and while it looks less like astroturf than my neighbors', our garden has a lot more birds and butterflies in it. And I don't have to worry about my kids being exposed to those chemicals when they go out to play.

Why isn't the reason that you hang it in the backyard because the neighborhood looks better with just plants and trees in the front yard?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:11:32 here. Different country is Canada, and in a "normal", middle class area. It is offensive to make such judgements.

Yea, like 5 months out of the year.

So, what does it matter? That's the way the seasons go. So the rest of the time, we dry the clothes on our clothing line in our basement.

How long does that take to dry with how damp basements are? Do the clothes smell like a basement afterwards, a bit moldy?

Why do you bother to ask, you clearly have a bias and are passing judgement. For those who are sincerely curious, it doesn't take long and the clothes NEVER smell bad, just fine.

[Anonymous]

I am thinking about putting a clothesline in the backyard of our new house, for the energy and environment saving reasons mentioned. BACKyard. I probably would think people who hung clothes in the frontyard were a little strange.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At my family home (where my mother still lives, different country) we don't have a dryer, so we always hang the clothes outside (in the backyard, that's where the clothing line is).

DIFFERENT COUNTRY-exactly.

They do that here too, but mainly in trailor parks where they don't have proper laundry facilities either.

really?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I hang my laundry outside to dry as one of the many small things everybody can do because it costs you nothing to do your bit for the environment.
But I do it in the backyard because of superficial and judgemental people like you, even though we live in one of the nicest houses in our pretty upscale neighborhood.
I don't put pesticides on my lawn either and while it looks less like astroturf than my neighbors', our garden has a lot more birds and butterflies in it. And I don't have to worry about my kids being exposed to those chemicals when they go out to play.

OP here. I'm anti-pesticides also not just in the yard but also when my food is involved and where my children will play (which includes using creative solutions like dish soap and water to get rid of ants instead of raid and the like). Why do you assume most people like pesticides?

I think the front-lawn just looks trashy... backyard, no problem. But the front lawn? Really?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I hang my laundry outside to dry as one of the many small things everybody can do because it costs you nothing to do your bit for the environment.
But I do it in the backyard because of superficial and judgemental people like you, even though we live in one of the nicest houses in our pretty upscale neighborhood.
I don't put pesticides on my lawn either and while it looks less like astroturf than my neighbors', our garden has a lot more birds and butterflies in it. And I don't have to worry about my kids being exposed to those chemicals when they go out to play.

OP here. I'm anti-pesticides also not just in the yard but also when my food is involved and where my children will play (which includes using creative solutions like dish soap and water to get rid of ants instead of raid and the like). Why do you assume most people like pesticides?

I think the front-lawn just looks trashy... backyard, no problem. But the front lawn? Really?

I meant hanging laundry on the front lawn looks trash*

[Anonymous]

OP, is there a reason they might be using the front, such as no room or too much shade in the back?