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Being trapped in an ambiguous situation where "improve" can mean many things can lead to unhealthy stress. If I have a real job and a real house, I have easier
by jgerrish 3y ago
Being trapped in an ambiguous situation where "improve" can mean many things can lead to unhealthy stress.
If I have a real job and a real house, I have easier access to laws and what my responsibilities are.
If I am in a situation like an "abandoned house", I'm vulnerable to vague jurisdictional issues around "improvement". Maybe San Francisco / Bay Area considers fire safety enough, but Chicago wants sidewalk snow clearing. Those are the simple things. Some jurisdictions will want "self-improvement" classes. Keep practicing that space flute... And then Utah wants other things.
Yes, HOAs are similar, I get that.
Anyways, I've got to keep a fucking yellow legal pad with all these issues. And I know I'm not an expert.
Then I'm not just vulnerable to the whims of the city, I'm vulnerable to exploiters telling me there are these additional requirements.
I dread these next patronizing Last of Us style real world shows. When I should look at them joyfully.
And yeah, people are housed now, I can't argue with that.
But we are replacing a public social contract with something darker.
I guess we get a new series of sitcoms about "HOA" style neighborly miscommunication. Hahaha. Oh Mr. Bundy, you can't have a toilet on your front lawn! Oh Mr. ALF, you can't eat cats! Oh Mr. Cohen, you can't say that on television! Hahaha, what a cultural misunderstanding.