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Yeah, seems odd that people are getting worked up about it. To me, this backlash seems like one of those over-regulated/over-litigious things about America tha

Yeah, seems odd that people are getting worked up about it. To me, this backlash seems like one of those over-regulated/over-litigious things about America that make it more hostile to people exploring their lives than a poorer or less developed country. But maybe it's wrong to say it's the country. Pretty sure his neighbors would have joined him if this happened in Appalachia instead of LA.

threeseed 10y ago
This isn't an American problem. This would be a problem in most countries. Just because you own the land doesn't mean that (a) you can construct any dwelling you want and (b) you can do anything you want on it if it affects your neighbours.
- jessaustin 10y ago
  This would be a problem in most countries. Why does this call to mind all the goofy statistical comparisons that pit USA against ten tiny nations in Europe plus Japan? Get out more, man.
- dmix 10y ago
  The responses by the neighbors make this seem to me not to be such a simple black and white case. They seem to have been minorly inconvenienced and then went about grasping for every possible bylaw and regulation and proceeded to pump up the charges ("he created a haven for criminality!") in order to give themselves an ounce of credibility. This was their autopilot response. Im with the OP here, in a less litigus/hyper-regulated community and most importantly a more socially laid back one this would not be such an overblown problem. Most likely a problem like this could easily be dealt with by being approached by the neighbors and being politely told of their problems with it. Reasoning with him first and resorting to law only for extreme situations. Even in the article he said he's doing it because a neighbor complained. That makes you question the value of immediately jumping to the leg system to solve all of your minor problems. As Americans seemed to have been raise to do. No wonder the legal system is continually bursting at the seems from demand for court time.

threeseed 10y ago

This isn't an American problem. This would be a problem in most countries. Just because you own the land doesn't mean that (a) you can construct any dwelling you want and (b) you can do anything you want on it if it affects your neighbours.

jessaustin 10y ago
This would be a problem in most countries. Why does this call to mind all the goofy statistical comparisons that pit USA against ten tiny nations in Europe plus Japan? Get out more, man.
dmix 10y ago
The responses by the neighbors make this seem to me not to be such a simple black and white case. They seem to have been minorly inconvenienced and then went about grasping for every possible bylaw and regulation and proceeded to pump up the charges ("he created a haven for criminality!") in order to give themselves an ounce of credibility. This was their autopilot response. Im with the OP here, in a less litigus/hyper-regulated community and most importantly a more socially laid back one this would not be such an overblown problem. Most likely a problem like this could easily be dealt with by being approached by the neighbors and being politely told of their problems with it. Reasoning with him first and resorting to law only for extreme situations. Even in the article he said he's doing it because a neighbor complained. That makes you question the value of immediately jumping to the leg system to solve all of your minor problems. As Americans seemed to have been raise to do. No wonder the legal system is continually bursting at the seems from demand for court time.