SoundGuy wrote:
Ralph Cramden wrote:
I often wonder why I live in a small backwater podunk borough/township of about 400 people, where I can burn a tire, rebuild a car in the yard, cut down a tree, park my RV on the street, or paint my house fluorescent chartreuse if I want to. Oh the humanity.
And that's why ... can't say I'd really appreciate my neighbour burning tires or rebuilding a car in his yard. Yeah, the humanity. :R
A lot of tongue in cheek in my comment, as I haven't had to light up a tire for awhile or change my house color to look like a Barnum and Baily circus LOL. I do not care much for HOA's and over restrictive government entities however. We can burn leaves and other yard debris any day but Sunday. The older gent across the road from me has a 4 car garage behind the house, he restores hotrods as a hobby. Once in a while I can smell the paint when he's shooting one. Do I care? Not at all. He has the coldest beer in town in his garage. Would I care if he painted his house bright yellow? Park on the street oh my? If you were restricting me turning out of my driveway, I may come ask you to move while I get out if it was a physical impossibility to make the turn, but surely would not get flustered over it.
I have yet to have a problem with a neighbor since moving here 19 years ago, and if I would all it takes is a call over to the Township and it would be taken care of. Its called the International Property maintenance code, and it has enough teeth in it without being overly restrictive as HOA's and government bodies will get if allowed to run loose. I once bought a lot (actually almost bought a lot as I had hand money down) in Ocean City MD, back in the early 80's. I'll never forget during the process when I found out I had to have the local municipality come out to determine what scrubby pine trees I could cut down. Screw that. I've had a bad taste about that kind of thing since.
