I used to live in Kettering, Ohio, a neighbor of the more moneyed Oakwood, where clotheslines were banned. Now I live in Portugal and take great pleasure in seeing the bright colours blowing in the breeze. I'm not sure which I find more horrific: laws enforcing uniformity, or laws requiring the use of non-eco-friendly solutions.

I don't iron either. I like CyKatt's version: it's my fashion statement. It's nothing to do with laziness, oh no! :)

I have to say I never really thought about this much until I moved to Germany were it seems on a few people own a dryer. First it drove me crazy because the clothes were not as soft and full of wrinkles but now I don't really see the big deal. You hang it it's dry no prob just use a fabric softener and if you are lazy, like me, a few wrinkles are just a part of your fashion statement. Plus you get to save money on your energy bills. The only thing that bothers me now is that I have such a small apartment space that I get sick of having my drying rack always in the way but if you have the space or better yet a yard then you should defnitley try it. I guess not having a choice to begin with forced me realize that a dryer is not really necessary.

I don't see any real cons to using a clothesline, especially if you also have a dryer to use when the weather is rainy.  Jeans tend to be stiff when they dry, but I would always throw them in the dryer for ~5 minutes or so to soften them up and take out any wrinkles.

I went to the local big box store looking to pick up a clothesline and pins and I was suprised to find they didn't carry either.

Your pros are spot on. Con-wise, my mom used one--even in middle of winter--and generally speaking, everything needed to be ironed when it came in 'off the line'. Oh, and the stiff as a board frozen stuff brought in in the wintertime? She had to let it thaw first and then ironed it.