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“Not thrilled with the idea of seeing their neighbors’ underwear”

Remember back in June when the idea of hanging clothes out to dry was revealed as gauche? This weekend the New York Times has taken up the discussion: Jeanne Bridgforth, a real estate agent in Richmond, Va., said that while she had no personal opinion on clotheslines, most of her clients were not thrilled with [...]

  • October 11, 2009 at 8:55 am
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Y’all wanna see my underpants?

The RTD takes a look at the controversy surrounding hanging your clothes out to dry: “I call my clothesline my solar dryer,” said Lisa Taranto, a green activist and director of the community Tricycle Gardens, who hangs laundry outside her East Broad Street home. [...] Opponents, however, see clotheslines as flags of poverty that create [...]