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Originally Posted by mermaid72
Good for them!
It's nice to know that there are people who do believe in not wasting energy with all the sunshine & wind available for free.
I'm sure your mom or grand mom had a clothesline!
Please don't tell me that there are rules against drying clothes on a line in this community?
We are thinking of visiting & perhaps moving down someday, I am getting sort of wet feet though when I hear comments (rules?) about this sort of thing.
We are country people, dry our clothes outside in the summer, have a big garden, heat our house with wood, etc. I guess you would consider us somewhat self-sufficient!
This web site is an excellent way to size things up, to see if we would fit in, this is why I am asking such mundane questions! LOL
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Hi Mermaid,
You make some very good points about conserving energy. I have wonderful memories of my grandmother drying clothes on the clothesline.
There are differences though between living in the country and living in a planned community such as TV. Lot sizes are small and houses are very close together in TV. Clothes on a clothesline in TV could well block the entire site-line of a neighbor from his window or lanai. Clotheslines just don't impact neighbors in the same way in the country.
Many subdivisions have covenent restrictions. As a planned retirement community, TV has more than most. It helps create an overall ambience that people who live here mostly love. I guess in the same way that people who live in the country trade off convenience of nearby amenities for the splendor of the countryside, TVers trade off of individual property rights to preserve the beauty of the community as a whole.