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We have a bunch of regulations on that stuff in Chicago now. I don't know if it was the same guy, but some people got upset because they thought solar panels we

We have a bunch of regulations on that stuff in Chicago now. I don't know if it was the same guy, but some people got upset because they thought solar panels were super ugly. Here's a pdf (warning) of all of the hoops you need to jump through to install solar in Chicago: https://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/bldgs/general/Solar/Photovoltaic_Guidelines.pdf https://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/bldgs/g... Disclaimer: This is off the top of my head from stuff I read in the paper five or more years ago. I can't find any articles now, but I have looked into the permitting process and it looks like a pain in the butt.

TeMPOraL 9y ago
> I don't know if it was the same guy, but some people got upset because they thought solar panels were super ugly. This is a sad aspect of living in a high-density society. A lot of people are not only boring themselves, but they excessively want everyone else to be boring too.
- blackbagboys 9y ago
  Another way of saying this is that they have preferences about their immediate living environment and express those preferences through the political process, as is their right.
  - TeMPOraL 9y ago
    Yues. I'm not saying they're not in their rights to do it; I'm saying they're assholes for doing it.
- jandrese 9y ago
  This is why I bought a home in a neighborhood without a HOA. Number of problems I have had thus far (8 years) that a HOA would have helped with: 0. Previous house that I lived in for 5 years: Number of stupid time wasting problems I had with the HOA: 3. Number of problems that I tried to get the HOA to help with unsuccessfully: 2. Number of times the HOA actually helped: 0.