In the following news story on the CBC web site, one reads about a subdivision property rule in Aurora (North of Toronto), that forbids owners from hanging laundry to dry on an exterior clothesline, as this was thought to make a neighbourhood look too “low rent.” A group called Right to Dry was formed, to fight this rule, and have had some success in pushing the local municipal government to act by urging provincial action.
When I read the story on the CBC web site, I was struck by the following quote:
“But others, including Aurora resident Will Cordingley, say the clotheslines could become unsightly.
‘All you’d see is laundry — if everybody had one across here, that’s all you would see,’ he said.”
Unsightly? If one were to drive through Aurora, or anywhere in a typical neighbourhood in North America, one would see plenty of gas-guzzling SUV’s. Is that less unsightly?
To me, this seems like one more indicator of the fact that people will talk the talk about reducing energy use and reducing global warning, but they draw the line at anything that might affect their lifestyle, require effort, or offend their esthetic sensibilities. A sense of entitlement permeates this kind of thinking.
We need a culture that does not approve of conspicuous consumption, but rather of conspicuous non-consumption. Seeing a neighbourhood with plenty of clotheslines outside is the opposite of unsightly; it would be a sign of people wearing their environmental hearts on their sleeves (and sheets, pants, pillowcases etc.)
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