Laundry and the cost of living

Property values are linked to where you hang your undies? According to some American homeowner associations, clothes lines can lower property values by 15 percent, so even though a clothes dryer can account for 10 percent of household energy use (which line drying obviously eliminates), hanging your laundry out to dry has actually been banned from certain neighbourhoods.

If people want proof that laundry lines are not linked to property value take a look at Hong Kong, home of some of the world's highest property prices and some of the most public underwear.

(story via Treehuger / AutoblogGreen)

mp3: Antipop Consortium - "Laundry" (DJ Spooky Remix with Of Unknown Origins)
mp3: Radiohead - "High and Dry"