Coming from the South, I'd say it really would depend. Making shit in your garage or shed is practically a God given right in the South. I encountered more pe

Coming from the South, I'd say it really would depend. Making shit in your garage or shed is practically a God given right in the South. I encountered more people there who regularly made things than I have in bigger cities. I think people would feel toying around is certainly all right if done on your own land and in a way that your screw up will only cost you your own life or property. That said community tolerance of tinkering is related to cultural norms. Things that are really "bad" will get people against you (eg better booze is fine work where better meth is certainly not). Honestly, I'd guess the article's kind of regulation or enforcement is probably more correlated with population density than anything else. The more packed in people get the more concerned everyone is about someone mucking up the finely tuned dance.