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The idea that a few angry homeowners can block someone else from having a home is anti democratic.
by bparsons 4y ago
The idea that a few angry homeowners can block someone else from having a home is anti democratic.
- gjsman-1000 4y agoFrankly, I think zoning and HOA restrictions on what you can do with land you purchased, and own, has gotten too far. Remember, the buyers own this land. And everybody agrees you shouldn't turn it into a sewage dump - but why is it any of your darned business if I want to build a deck? I'm not an idiot, I bought the land, I own the home, stop treating me like one.
- shuckles 4y agoTo be fair, within living memory the restrictions went as far as to say what ethnicities could buy the house. The march of progress is slow.
- mattnewton 4y ago100%, we have apparently slipped so far down the slope of “well your property’s appearance affects my property value” to the point where some places are effective regulating lawn grass types like the sight of tall grass is literal seeping sewage into neighboring plots.
- tastyfreeze 4y agoGrass length, allowed paint colors, and in some cases allowed models of vehicles are some of the worst HOA rules I have read about. Of course these are all backed by fines and administered by a power drunk HOA president. No thanks.
- shadowgovt 4y ago> why is it any of your darned business if I want to build a deck? Hypothetically? Because I live downhill from you, you didn't do any mandated hydrology / runoff study for new construction, and when you moved earth to make room for your deck you turned my nice backyard into a swamp by changing the drainage layout. This is one of the reasons some new construction requires permitting, for example.