Clotheslines Stage a Comeback - "Right To Dry"

According to Alexander Lee of Project Laundry List, a group that supports hang-drying laundry over using an energy-intensive machine, a law went into effect last week in Vermont that prevents groups like homeowners associations from banning clotheslines. Colorado also approved “right-to-dry” provisions last year, said Mr. Lee, and Maine is currently voting on similar legislation. In Hawaii, a bill that would allow homeowners to hang their laundry on clotheslines — albeit with some limitations — is awaiting action by Gov. Linda Lingle — although she vetoed a similar bill last year. Florida has the oldest right-to-dry law in the country, according to Mr. Lee. “A clothesline is not a solar panel or a Prius — it’s something that everyone can afford,” Mr. Lee — who hauls his own wet clothes back from the laundromat in order to dry them on a line — told my colleague Elisabeth Rosenthal last year, when she reported on Ontario’s right-to-dry debate...NYTimes

I sure hope I they don't bring back those damned old metal jean stretchers. I hated those things.