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Concern #3: landowners wanting the public land to de facto become accessible only to them and their friends.
by googlryas 4y ago
Concern #3: landowners wanting the public land to de facto become accessible only to them and their friends.
- californical 4y agoAND not having to pay property taxes on all of that land, since it’s not theirs
- imtringued 4y agoAlso, how did the checkerboard pattern happen to begin with? They don't want neighbors but they also don't want to buy the neighboring land, so having it landlocked in limbo is cheaper for them.
- Enginerrrd 4y agoA better question isn't how the checkerboard pattern happened as much as it is: How did this happen without easements being recorded! I feel like ALL land subdivisions should only be legal if an easement for access is provided.
- mikestew 4y agoAlso, how did the checkerboard pattern happen to begin with? You might want to reread TFA, the explanation seemed simple enough to me. And it isn't what you apparently think.
- jonnycomputer 4y agoI think that this is a very real factor, at least in some cases. The adjacent land-owners get to use that public land all the time, and they don't have all the bother of other folks using it along side them; in fact, I suppose, if they wanted to, they could try to charge for access to it (via a toll road). But in this way, it really isn't that different than similar issues around beach access. I'm sure the landowners have other concerns, some of them more legitimate than others.
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