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> if it doesn't really hurt anyone And you should! The problem is as long as you have neighbors (even distant ones), it's very hard to do ANYTHING that doesn'
by shados 7y ago
> if it doesn't really hurt anyone
And you should! The problem is as long as you have neighbors (even distant ones), it's very hard to do ANYTHING that doesn't impact them -somehow-. It might be indirect, but it does. Heck, lets not forget that just the act of building or renovating at all (anything!) can be hell for the neighbors.
It's all gray areas and you have to draw the line somewhere. People work together to draw those lines, but obviously not everyone agrees on where to draw it. Even when they do, it's frequently short sighted. Not just for the NIMBYs either. A lot of "affordable housing" initiatives just make things worse for everyone, too.
- rayiner 7y agoThe law has a rich articulation of what things are "harms." Almost nothing modern zoning codes address would qualify as a harm. (That is to say, absent the zoning code, it's not something you could sue someone over.)
- shados 7y agoI'd argue that when we're talking about people's livelihood and where they sleep, it's quite expected that that definition won't be enough.