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| Many in American communities are prohibited from using their clotheslines. |
So, as Americans across the country sought to save money and
conserve electricity, many turned to clotheslines--only to discover that they
weren't allowed in their communities.
In fact, hanging clotheslines was against the rules in so
many communities nationwide that state governments are being forced to step in
and make it against the law to ban them. And states like Vermont and Utah have
already succeeded. But the fight for the right to hang clotheslines is just
getting started.
Some 60 million Americans live in private communities--the
majority of which don't allow their residents to hang clotheslines. And why
not? Because they "erode property rights" and "undermine the
autonomy of private communities," according to real estate groups and
private community associations. Because as an alleged indicator of poverty,
clotheslines lower property values.
Read the Treehugger
story - “Fight to Legalize Clothes lines Sweeps the US.”
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