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No rules: Illegal cabins with million-dollar views of Portland

16 points by zw123456 4y ago

tomcam 4y ago
I wonder if squatting rights come into this at some point. The railroad may regret deferring this for so long.
- zw123456 4y ago
  [flagged]
  - smashed 4y ago
    I don't think a LLM is the best judge in that case.
- MiddleEndian 4y ago
  >I wonder if squatting rights come into this at some point. Adverse possession is complicated, according to https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/who-can-claim-property-based-adverse-possession-oregon.html https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/who-can-claim-proper... it takes ten years. Article says they've been doing it for five years, but if it's different people, presumably the time resets. >The railroad may regret deferring this for so long. On the other hand, article seems to indicate the railroad is not particularly interested in this land. Perhaps they just want to let other people deal with it and give it up.
  - more_corn 4y ago
    Railroad land is specifically exempted from adverse possession under Oregon law. The legal gray area seems to be that it’s not clear where the railroad land begins because it’s determined by the shoreline which fluctuates with the water level. Although Union Pacific probably has enough authority to evict the squatters. It sounds like nobody wants the expense and political fallout of dealing with the problem.
  - m463 4y ago
    Seems to me like railroads these days are burdened by lots of expensive infrastructure and are chronically underfunded. It's hard to care about everything if there's always too much on your plate.
    - MiddleEndian 4y ago
      Also a possibility!
CommitSyn 4y ago
> The couple is concerned for the people living with no services [...] Scaramella estimates he’s called or complained to different government agencies “30, 40” times. That is an awful lot of concern!
- pineaux 4y ago
  Real good samaritans they must be!
gedy 4y ago
I'm all for rule of law and property rights, but this seems like something humans have done throughout time and wary of saying it's wrong.
pineaux 4y ago
https://archive.is/rXCfA https://archive.is/rXCfA For those with regional blocking
fxtentacle 4y ago
When I load it, the title starts with "Portland homeless cabins with million dollar..." so I guess now you know what kind of article to expect.
ehecatl42 4y ago
> This content is not available in your country/region Ironic given koin.com maybe like κοινός (koinós -- "common, general, available")
iudqnolq 4y ago
Well then it's not a million dollar view is it. I'm sure that makes those people who overpaid for their view sad, but other people enjoying the same view isn't theft of "their" view. They can all enjoy it together.

16 points by zw123456 4y ago

tomcam 4y ago

I wonder if squatting rights come into this at some point. The railroad may regret deferring this for so long.

zw123456 4y ago
[flagged]
- smashed 4y ago
  I don't think a LLM is the best judge in that case.
MiddleEndian 4y ago
>I wonder if squatting rights come into this at some point. Adverse possession is complicated, according to https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/who-can-claim-property-based-adverse-possession-oregon.html https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/who-can-claim-proper... it takes ten years. Article says they've been doing it for five years, but if it's different people, presumably the time resets. >The railroad may regret deferring this for so long. On the other hand, article seems to indicate the railroad is not particularly interested in this land. Perhaps they just want to let other people deal with it and give it up.
- more_corn 4y ago
  Railroad land is specifically exempted from adverse possession under Oregon law. The legal gray area seems to be that it’s not clear where the railroad land begins because it’s determined by the shoreline which fluctuates with the water level. Although Union Pacific probably has enough authority to evict the squatters. It sounds like nobody wants the expense and political fallout of dealing with the problem.
- m463 4y ago
  Seems to me like railroads these days are burdened by lots of expensive infrastructure and are chronically underfunded. It's hard to care about everything if there's always too much on your plate.
  - MiddleEndian 4y ago
    Also a possibility!

CommitSyn 4y ago

> The couple is concerned for the people living with no services [...] Scaramella estimates he’s called or complained to different government agencies “30, 40” times. That is an awful lot of concern!

pineaux 4y ago
Real good samaritans they must be!

gedy 4y ago

I'm all for rule of law and property rights, but this seems like something humans have done throughout time and wary of saying it's wrong.

pineaux 4y ago

https://archive.is/rXCfA https://archive.is/rXCfA For those with regional blocking

fxtentacle 4y ago

When I load it, the title starts with "Portland homeless cabins with million dollar..." so I guess now you know what kind of article to expect.

ehecatl42 4y ago

> This content is not available in your country/region Ironic given koin.com maybe like κοινός (koinós -- "common, general, available")

iudqnolq 4y ago

Well then it's not a million dollar view is it. I'm sure that makes those people who overpaid for their view sad, but other people enjoying the same view isn't theft of "their" view. They can all enjoy it together.