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Soon they'll do it remotely, via drones.
Americans: My right to private property is guaranteed by constitution! Unlike those communist countries, I can do with my land as I please!
America: Has lawn inspectors. Also enforces having a lawn in front of your house.
I don't understand HOAs having so much control over people's property.
Where I live if you live somewhere that has rules about how the exterior of a place looks, it's part of a strata and you pay monthly fees and the strata pays for landscapers to come in and mow everyone's lawns, repaint people's houses, repair the roof, clean the eaves trough, etc.
Seems so backwards that you just own your home outright but if you don't maintain it properly someone can just fine you. Take care of it yourselves then and leave me out of it.
California just passed a bill that caps HOA fines at $100 per offense. (iirc). Meaning if you want to paint the house purple and the HOA doesnt allow it, you pay the $100 fine and move on. It is effectively going to completely neuter HOAs.
Where I live if you live somewhere that has rules about how the exterior of a place looks, it’s part of a strata
Nah fuck stratas too. Mine refuses to let us install mini split air conditioners because the outdoor condensers are "ugly" and "makes this nice Canadian townhouse complex look like one of those shithole commieblocks from China" (they actually didn't say that but someone on Reddit once did in defense of stratas and that pisssd me off so much). They don't even let us change the windows from swing out style to the sliding type that can support window air conditioners, instead we're stuck using portable air conditioners which are the least energy efficient type. So in a place where AC was not necessary until very recently due to climate change, and there are worse heat waves every year that go beyond uncomfortable to putting people at risk of heat stroke, they're worried about the aesthetics of the complex over the health of the people in it.
Our strata even got pissy at us for putting a blanket over the window to reflect the sunlight. Can't do passive cooling either.
Depends on your HOA. Some maintain pools and parks in the area. Some exist solely to 'keep property values up.'
Which is also funny to me because I would be willing to pay less if a house was In an HOA not more.
Same, HOAs are a non-starter for me. That said the price is going to be high with or without and those buying $500,000USD homes are probably less likely to care about an extra $100 a month.
we had an oppressive hoa, but did a hostile takeover with the chill neighbors next door. first order of business, no more citations for unkempt lawns, no more loud noise citations, you get to treat your home like your property so long as you weren't piling up trash in the front yard. the old hoa board had a "legal" service run by an "attorney" downtown they contracted with to fine people for menial bullshit and we fired them. guess what? people started taking better care of their yards. kids are actually playing in the street (we have enough for a baseball team now). the neighborhood has never looked better.
Surely you’re not saying that people’s lives are better with freedom than under oppression?!
That's why we don’t let any random person buy guns
I believe in every American's right to own a 25mm cannon. Keeps the Bearcats away.
That is how you get killed in self defence
That's interesting. I would have figured sending a tank would de-escalate the situation.
Fuck a duck. I live in Oklahoma and haven't mow my front yard in a month. To goddamn hot to be outside doing manual labor. No ones said shit. Plus I try avoid mowing altogether. We began see fireflies at night, and rather have wild flowers then a well maintained lawn. ACAB. Killed a man over not .mowing his grass. What bullshit. And you know it was some nosey neighbor probably sames ones quoted that called code enforcement on him.
To be fair to the pigs, they killed a man for pulling a gun on the nosey neighbor patrol. They wouldn't have bothered to shoot him over the grass... Unless they felt like it at the time.
Mental health issues and guns, a match made in heav... USA!
Guns. It's just guns. Having them around seems to trigger people into doing silly things
Bigger stick make monkey brain fearless...
Hey gotta justify their existence amirite
Why are people complaining about grass heights, and why is there a person whose job it is to care? And why is this a violation of anything?(I know the answers, please don’t respond pedantically)
My neighbors lawn is knee high.
...your neighbor's meadow is beautiful...
I have a mini prairie in my fairy garden.
"911, what's your emergency?"
I was annoying some guy about how he mowed his own property and he pointed a gun at me.
Way to go your neighbor
Eh only reason I would see it being an issue is if it started sprouting weeds and the seeds were blowing all over into everyone else's yards, especially if they were invasive or noxious.
in free democracies you get a tank sent to kill you for having an unkept lawn
Here's hoping that all the people involved in this death have a hard time sleeping for the rest of their miserable lives.
From the person that complained in the first place, the inspector, that whole office, and all the cunting officers that attended. Bunch of fucking arseholes.
Apart from that, peace and love from Australia.
This sums up in two sentences why I never really fancied visiting the US
That is insanity. Meanwhile I sit in my backyard right now that is so overgrown I can barely see my large dog... I should probably be shot too. They brought a tank to a code enforcement situation.
My back yard:
Yeah come check out my back yard. Hell my front yard is overgrown no one said shit to me.
I saw a few random patches on that lawn that had blades as high as 15cm!!
Maybe they can kill him again!
But did they mow the grass?
/s
His yard don't even look bad
Somehow I doubt the grass is gonna get cut now
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