It might be a skit, but it's based on reality for a lot of folks.
Daylight savings started last weekend, and people are already moaning about their curtains and carpet fading, that the dairy cows will be reducing their output (this latter by our local radio DJ)...
When I was working in power transmission, there was a huge debate going on in Sydney, over families who had bought cheap new properties under power lines, and only after moving in discovered the "truth" about how dangerous they are and wanted them pulled down and relocated.
One evening news "service" had an "expert" on during the article, explaining how dangerous HV power lines are. After the obligatory dull glow of a fluoro tube when held vertically under the lines, he explained that it was obvious how dangerous power lines were, as no trees grew beneath them...