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Would you rent a house where the neighbors hung laundry outside?
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Anonymous
I was there on a rainy day so I don't know about the sun factor. I did notice that they had a backyard, though. |
Anonymous
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i'm with you OP. it sounds trashy to me, the same as houses with piles of rusted junk or old junky cars that never move out of place. who cares if you're being judgy? you have to be, when it comes to neighbors and neighborhoods.
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Anonymous
| What kind of laundry? If it's men's tighty whities, no way. |
Anonymous
| You sound kind of nutty OP. Get over your classy self. |
Anonymous
Did you see how many people agreed with OP? Not nutty. |
Anonymous
| I would not, and I'd tell the potential landlord that was the reason. Something like, "I really liked the house and the neighborhood is great, but I was put off by the clothesline in the front yard of the house next door." The landlord might talk to the neighbors and ask them to put the clothes in the backyard. |
Anonymous
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I've never seen anyone hang laundry to dry on a front lawn before. I'm kinda of surprised that anyone here thinks that's normal. Unless there's some explanation (maybe they have no back yard?), I just wonder if this neighbor is feuding with the other and trying to scare off tenants.
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Anonymous
| Yuck, no. |
Anonymous
In THIS country (no, not India, Canada, Liechtenstein or Vietnam) it is not classy to hang your laundry in the front yard. I have seen this go on in economically depressed areas of this country, which unfortunatly is associated with a certain level of class. I can assure you, if you were trying to sell your home, you would not want neighbors hanging laundry in any part of their yard, sad to say, even the back, but the front is the most offensive. Might as well have a buch of dog runs while they at at it. |
Anonymous
| I lived in Sydney for five years and everyone has a clothesline in the back. Everyone. It doesn't matter how much your house is worth. However, I never saw a line out front. I wouldn't want someone walking by and swiping my underwear! I own in one of the nicest neighborhoods in DC and have a clothesline. I know a couple of neighbors don't like it, but I don't give a damn. It's the right thing to do for the environment. |
Anonymous
Wow. You are judgemental. We hung our laundry up in Colorado. USA. Not a trailer park. 3000 sq ft SFH. We did have a dryer, but some things, like blankets and sheets, dried better outside. It is odd for around here, though. I would rent it, if I didn't have other issues with it. It sounds like this isn't the only thing you don't like about the house. |
Anonymous
Again, Australia. |
Anonymous
| Nope |
Anonymous
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And I lived in South Africa for a few years and we dried out clothes outside. The climate was HOT and DRY and clothes dried in a hours time.
However, we are now in the US and out of respect for the norms in this country and the tolerances my neighbors have for such things and impact on property values and perceptions, I use a dryer. When in Rome... |
Anonymous
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OP, do you know if this is a daily thing - e.g., did they actually have a clothes line out front? It strikes me that maybe they came home soaking wet and stripped off wet clothes in front so as not to drip all over the house.
As for clothes lines only in trailer parks - yeah right. I grew up in an older middle class neighborhood in the midwest where EVERY house (single family, brick) had either a clothes line or a dedicated clothes rack in the side or back yard. It was an older (mid-1920s) neighborhood, so it seems that would have been when not everyone had "proper drying facilities" in their home and they may have been lucky to have a washer. Fast forward to the 1970s and in the summer almost everyone took advantage of their clothes lines. Please, get your noses out of the air, and realize that not everyone has to be tied clothes dryer. |