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The older I get, the more libertarian. A landowner should be allowed to build whatever they want[1], irrespective of the objections of neighbors. Viewshafts, su
by tuatoru 3y ago
The older I get, the more libertarian. A landowner should be allowed to build whatever they want[1], irrespective of the objections of neighbors. Viewshafts, sunlight blocking, neighborhood "character", convenants on building attributes like size or materials? Nonsense.
1. Subject to physiological and environmental safeguards like water supply and waste disposal for inhabitants, temperature, humidity and air healthiness, fire and earthquake safety, noise pollution, stormwater management.
- bdjsiqoocwk 3y ago"whatever they want" and then you add an asterisk. Give it a few years, as you get older and more libertarian your asterisk will get smaller and smaller.
- jamesrr39 3y agoSounds great... as long as you are the one doing the building or are living in an area not so densely populated that there is decent distance between houses. Hard to imagine people living in houses in a typical urban area would be happy with such a system, given that neighbours could just build whatever they want near to your house, without any consideration to your wishes. As always, there is a compromise to be found, and so we have planning systems.
- INTPenis 3y agoYou're talking about handing over power to the market, or to the biggest players in the market. We've already seen that it doesn't work, time and time again, to rely on a benevolent billionaire to take care of the workers. Government regulation is absolutely necessary to protect the majority of people.
- permo-w 3y agobesides being older and presumably more likely to own land - based on what logic does this make sense?
- omnimus 3y agoand presumambly more rich then when they were 20 and needed to scrape by and live with others