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Originally Posted by JenAjd
One thing that is missed here from "back home" are clothes lines. We always used a retractable one and it was lovely to dry most of our items outside. Saved electricity and gas and everything smelled fresh too. I can see why they'd not want them here as some people forget and leave items on the lines and that can be tacky too. So they make a blanket rule rather than have it be a "piece-meal" sort of thing. If one lives in a CYV with the high walls...then they probably could have one without offending others.
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The ones we use are very portable - come in 25 and 50 foot lengths. Made in USA. Yep, a rope!
On nasty days we use indoor racks.
When we're finally in TV long enough to do laundry, we'll try to be more discreet with the outside line than back 'up here' where the pasture-facing line on the deck is not visible to anyone but us and the wildlife.
Though we'll try to stretch it where it's as out of sight as we can, Florida has such love for the mothership's ecology that it's law
makers have made sure that treehuggers and those that like the freshest garments don't become law
breakers.
http://www.ccfj.net/HOAFLclothesline.html
On a similar note, Big Gov says our hoa's and restrictions can't outlaw whatever it takes to receive broadcast signals over the air.
Rooftop antennae, CB and Amateur raio towers and lines, even huge satellite dishes , though thankfully they are no longer popular.
We were thoughtful and courteous enough to place our PV collectors on the side and not visible from the street - and because we're on a dead end, they're hardly visual polluters.
As far as visuals go, however, we are both finding it's taking a long time trying to get used to some of the larger birdcages that seem as if the architect was on vacation when they were designed. But the rule is that form follows function, so we're trying.
Bear with us, we know we'll get over it.
L and L