Great Neck (NY) bans front yard clotheslines

[The Straight Story]

Great Neck to residents: We don't want to see your underwear.

Clotheslines have been clotheslined in the Village of Great Neck, where trustees concerned about the sight of wet laundry hanging along village streets voted this week to ban the devices from front yards.

"We're embarrassed there is a need for this," Mayor Ralph Kreitzman said as he introduced the legislation at Tuesday night's board meeting, where it passed unanimously.

The new law prohibits clotheslines in front yards and closer than 10 feet to any property line, and carries a maximum $1,000 fine, 15 days in jail or both. Backyard clotheslines remain legal.

http://www.newsday.com/long-island/towns/great-neck-bans-front-yard-clotheslines-1.4298075

[bettyellen]

1. my cousin lived in a gated community in TN because she said all the cute little houses had

rusted out abandoned cars with weeds running through them and union jack flags for curtains.
Neither, of course was allowed where she lived.

[Tien1985]

2. Heaven forbid

People should put up a clothesline where the sun shines. Or, for people who have little to no backyard--f those people. I'm baffled by people who are offended by underwear. It's not even a person wearing underwear. Just the underwear itself. What do they do in a clothing store? Avert their eyes and walk quickly to pass the lingerie aisle?

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. They're great for hiding junk cars and other debris.

They may want to rethink this.

[marybourg]

4. Clothes lines in the front yard it Great Neck??GREAT NECK??

The average modest suburban house in Great Neck must be about $1.5M. Could only be somebody with a personal or political axe to grind.

[CTyankee]

7. Sounds like baloney to me. People in Great Neck have dryers in their houses...

[JI7]

13. some people prefer to hand wash and air dry some clothes

[CTyankee]

15. most handwashed stuff is underwear. it strains credulity that people would dry their underwear

in front of their houses. esp. in a place like great neck...

[alcibiades_mystery]

11. My first thought as well

Who in fuck is hanging their clothes out in Great Neck?

[marybourg]

12. An ideologue or someone with a gripe.

[kestrel91316]

5. People can hang their clothes out in front of their homes and they are

NOT stolen??

Not in my city, lol. If it's within view and not bolted down, it's considered free for the taking. Heck, around here they'd steal the clothesline, too.

[WhoWoodaKnew]

6. What's ON their clotheslines

could sure make it easy to decide if you wanna ask 'em out or not.

[doc03]

8. The Amish around here string their clothes line on pulleys between

the second floor of their house to a treetop or their barn.

[Historic NY]

9. A village has more authority to make rules.....

at least in NY state.

[loli phabay]

10. if the majority vote for it then i got no problem with the village making rules

Though i wouldnt live there myself.

[Posteritatis]

14. The whole obsession with outlawing clotheslines the last few years is absurd. (nt)

[burrowowl]

16. If they have backyards

the backyard is better. In the front yard the clothes are more easily stolen.
The odor of sun dried clothes is so nice and line drying doesn't beat them up like dryers.