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>But outside of that structure, what gives someone the right to dictate to their neighbors what they can and can't do with their own property? The fact that wh
by sushisushisushi 8y ago
>But outside of that structure, what gives someone the right to dictate to their neighbors what they can and can't do with their own property?
The fact that what you do with your own property often has direct effects on your neighbors. This is why zoning regulations exist, for example. And noise ordinances. And building codes. There isn't a magical forcefield that ends at your property line that prevents what you're doing from having an adverse affect on others.
Just like people who don't like noise should be careful about living close to other people, people who like to be left alone to do what they want with their own property need to take the same considerations into mind.
- deepakhj 8y agoA lot of zoning regulations exist to keep black people out. See single family zoning, redlining, and apartment building bans. Texas has barely any zoning and it’s doing fine.
- leesalminen 8y ago/s/black/poor
- sushisushisushi 8y agoZoning regulations are a tool of civic planning. The fact that racist civic planners use them to enact racist zoning regulations does not mean that zoning regulations in and of themselves are racist or always end up being racist. There is tons of zoning in Texas; I think you're thinking of Houston.
- donarb 8y agoTexas? The place where anybody can build a house in a flood plain and then expect the government to bail them out when the river rises? The place where currently a blazing chemical fire is allowed to burn for days and neighbors (to a chemical plant?) are told to stay indoors until it burns itself out? Doesn't sound like they are doing fine.