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I really don't think I'm misrepresenting. I tried to take a literal but good-faith reading of what the OP wrote: > You're not entitled to decide what other peo
by jbattle 7y ago
I really don't think I'm misrepresenting. I tried to take a literal but good-faith reading of what the OP wrote:
> You're not entitled to decide what other people do with their land. Zoning laws, development restrictions, and HOAs violate this principle - they give existing homeowners a collective power to decide what other homeowners can do with their private property.
Zoning laws and HOAs are (some of the more common mechanisms) we currently arbitrate the boundaries of what are acceptable uses for a property.
You say raising chickens should be your right. You say running a fracking rig should not be my right.
What mechanism do you propose to negotiate that when people disagree? You mention legal remedies "if the chickens do cause a problem". Do you mean to say the process should be for a homeowner wait til the fracking rig is built and running AND causing actual harm BEFORE they have any right to object?
- korethr 7y agoYour reply ran straight away into an absurd reading of the post's point. There are scales where it is or is not practical to do various things. You might have noticed that fracking rigs, chemical plants, hog farms, et cetera, tend to take up a large area. All the various things one can do on a parcel of land cease to be worth trying to do once that parcel of land goes below a certain size. A fracking rig is unlikely to be practical to erect and operate in a typical suburban lot.