Ironing

I buy clothes that look like they are meant to be wrinkled. Or at least that's what I tell myself. 

Somehow I have gone to someone who does not iron (and was not allowed to iron!  ) to someone who does the towels, linen clothes, work shirts and pyjamas (for comfort). At least I am not my MIL who does pants.  Mine and Mr MLG's when we are there for visits long enough to do washing!  That is too intimate!   

We own our house in a sort of private community type thing and we're not allowed to hang our clothes out to dry either.  I am lucky in that my husband doesn't mind ironing and does it before he leaves for work, I often find my work clothes don't need ironing though. 

I really don't understand these 'you can't hang things out' rules! Nothing looks nicer to me than a lovely line full of clothes billowing in the breeze on a summer day! If it's good enough for John Singer Sargent, it's good enough for me:

I buy clothes that look like they are meant to be wrinkled. Or at least that's what I tell myself. 

 
I only iron school uniforms.  If MrRed5 needs something ironed he will do it himself.

Clotheslines banned in thousands of US Communities

I really don't understand these 'you can't hang things out' rules! Nothing looks nicer to me than a lovely line full of clothes billowing in the breeze on a summer day!

Love the Sargent! 
No, I don't understand it either. You used to see enclosed drying yards outside convents, where the nuns could hang out their undies away from prying eyes. That always amazed me too!

Clotheslines banned in thousands of US Communities

Yeah, HOA are known for rules like that.

The original Levittown had tonnes of rules about when you could do something and when you couldn't.  Each house came with a manual that gave instructions on how to clean things, when and where to hang out laundry, how often to mow your lawn, what plants you could plant and which you couldn't, how often to do furnace maintenance, etc.

Out and out banning of outdoor clothes airing shouldn't be allowed.  Sure, it's not always pretty, but I'd rather see someone's knickers flapping in the breeze than all the consequences of everyone running dryers. 

The original Levittown had tonnes of rules about when you could do something and when you couldn't.  Each house came with a manual that gave instructions on how to clean things, when and where to hang out laundry, how often to mow your lawn, what plants you could plant and which you couldn't, how often to do furnace maintenance, etc.

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In our town a few years back there was a huge hoo-haa because a condo development forbade someone from hanging out an American flag!!

Clotheslines banned in thousands of US Communities

I'm not saying it doesn't happen, just that I think it's ludicrous. First of all, it looks nice. I don't know where all these ticky-tacky little communities get the idea that it's somehow distasteful. Idiots. But more importantly, aren't we supposed to be encouraging people to reduce their carbon footprints?!?

In New York City where I am from, and where there is a long history of immigrants living  there, it was sometimes associated with poverty and being from a less civilized country (where people don't have access to modern conveniences like dryers).

In New York City where I am from, and where there is a long history of immigrants living  there, it was sometimes associated with poverty and being from a less civilized country (where people don't have access to modern conveniences like dryers).

I can understand that. But not in 2010.

I think it still has those associations, though.

When I lived in New York, clotheslines were generally only seen in poorer areas with lots of recent immigrants.

I would agree with Sweetpeach on that.  It's actually a prett stark contrast - I used to take the LIRR from Atlantic Ave, so you pass through East New York on the way home, which is a low income area, and you see a lot of clotheslines and things hung between buildings.  As you edged into more affluent areas, you don't see that.

Where I grew up in Queens was pretty suburban and middle class, and while you could hang out your laundry, I didn't really notice people doing that unless it was some of the people of the older generations. 

I would agree with Sweetpeach on that.  It's actually a prett stark contrast - I used to take the LIRR from Atlantic Ave, so you pass through East New York on the way home, which is a low income area, and you see a lot of clotheslines and things hung between buildings.  As you edged into more affluent areas, you don't see that.

Where I grew up in Queens was pretty suburban and middle class, and while you could hang out your laundry, I didn't really notice people doing that unless it was some of the people of the older generations. 

Again, I'm not disagreeing. I know this happens and I know in which neighbourhoods it happens. What I'm saying is IT'S WRONG! We need to get people out of that mindset! It's 2010!