pollanesque, based on the NYT article about it here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/us/11cYou know, there's something deeper (and sicker) going on in the minds of folks who "just don't want their view obstructed" and are concerned about their "property value", and it was hinted at in the article when someone said that line-drying had become synonymous with "being too poor to own a dryer". So what's the real problem with line-drying? Is it ugly? Of course it's not. Now, maybe a line of underwear isn't the loveliest of things, but it's just not ugly, and about anything else looks somewhere between fine to downright pretty. Is it dangerous? Unsafe somehow? Toxic? Uh, no, not really. So what is the problem? The problem is that [conspiratorial whisper] it might look like there are *poor* people living near you!!!! (GASP!) Now we all know how terrible it would be for POOR folk to live nearby, what with their no-skiing-vacation and budget-eating ways. And poor people bring down the value of *your* property because, well, living next to a poor person really is just as bad as living near a trash dump, or superfund site, or prison, right? I mean, hell, it's practically the same thing! No no no, we can't have poor people living near rich people, and if it becomes too difficult to tell the difference between poor people and rich people, we might accidentally ostracize people based on actual character flaws and behavior, in which case we'd all be kicked out of our own communities....
*headesk headesk headesk*
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Then again, I'm also too used to urban life- about the last thing I want is my lousy neighbors (even if I share a wall with them) to have any kind of legitimate say over what I do on my side fo the damn property line. There it is again- "my side." Ownership should fucking mean ownership. If my neighbor wants to build a twenty-foot-tall puce and magenta battleship, who am I to judge, unless it also blares out "YMCA" at 200 decibels every hour, which is when it does infringe on my property. Likewise, they shouldn't get rights to have any beef about what I do on my side of the fence, unless they start making my mortgage payments for me.
http://emailsfromcrazypeople.com/2009/0
And then this:
http://emailsfromcrazypeople.com/2009/0
And finally this:
http://emailsfromcrazypeople.com/2009/0
And all the while you should LAUGH AND LAUGH AND LAUGH....
I must say though, it's stuff like that original post that's beginning to get me inspired towards more political/social commentary ranting again. This could get dangerous.
I don't understand people.
we have to have legal fights over weather we can dry our laundry.
They did that here too when the airlines decided to change their flight path over the RICH homes to save fuel. OH!@ The upcry!
I love line drying. My clothes smell SO good after I line dry. The only thing that's tough to deal with it the stiffness of the clothes. (Of course a windy day helps with that. *wink* If I can keep the clothes from falling in the dirt!)
People need to pull their heads out of their asses and look at reality a little more.
I'm going to make a blog out of this. ;)
http://elenad.wordpress.com