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I don’t think the right to roam is necessarily the same thing as you portray as the right to “hang out”. There are many places in the US where property lines ma
by WD-42 3y ago
I don’t think the right to roam is necessarily the same thing as you portray as the right to “hang out”. There are many places in the US where property lines make impenetrable barriers to public land. Your farm might have fences that share a side with your neighbors, and then theirs, and so on for miles even if there is a national park behind you. Americans have such a preoccupation with “muh property” that this is seen as totally normal and acceptable but it really shouldn’t be.
- balderdash 3y agoI’m pretty sure it’s exactly that - Scotland’s right to roam includes limited commercial activities (bike tours/hiking tours) as well as camping. It’s not just cutting across someone’s field to access a park [1]https://www.skyhookadventure.com/blog/scotland-right-to-roam-camping https://www.skyhookadventure.com/blog/scotland-right-to-roam... [2] https://www.morton-fraser.com/insights/right-roam-scotland https://www.morton-fraser.com/insights/right-roam-scotland
- WD-42 3y agoCopied verbatim from your link: “Camping is not permitted on enclosed farmland, cultivated fields, or land around houses.” Nobody is trying to steal anyone’s land or gun collection here.
- balderdash 3y agolol - why are you talking about guns (I think your bias is showing) - moving the goal posts is not exactly sound rhetoric so people can “hang out” (e.g. camp) just not everywhere