Bourgeois_Rage Wrote:I bought a Scott reel mower this weekend for good times.

If you own one of those and plan of only using just it...you better be ready to mow the yard twice a week...My granmother had one years ago and if the grass got over 1" high...it would work the living hell out of you

Your have my true respect if you choose to manhandle that implement of torture.

I don't have that big of a yard. I stay on top of my mowing as it stands.

Fo Shizzle Wrote:

cb4029 Wrote:http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=1444771

Yes...This is the just another example creeping Totalarifacism. Today its failing to water your lawn...Tommorow it may be failing to repaint your house...or...your damn shrubs look bad...

Its called blight..most cities already have ordinances against it. Otherwise theres no recourse when people really do let their property go to hell, and it brings down the rest of the neighborhood in the process. Our city actually has blight inspectors..and trust me, the homes they're going after deserve the write-ups they get.

niuhuskie84 Wrote:

Fo Shizzle Wrote:

cb4029 Wrote:http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=1444771

Yes...This is the just another example creeping Totalarifacism. Today its failing to water your lawn...Tommorow it may be failing to repaint your house...or...your damn shrubs look bad...

Its called blight..most cities already have ordinances against it. Otherwise theres no recourse when people really do let their property go to hell, and it brings down the rest of the neighborhood in the process. Our city actually has blight inspectors..and trust me, the homes they're going after deserve the write-ups they get.

I suppose if you move into a town that has an existing ordinance....regardless of its infringement upon your private property...you did choose to move there and should abide by the ordinace. Of course.. you did not have to move there in the first place....Id oppose jailing someone over this though.

I mowed last night, it wasn't hard at all. You gotta make sure there aren't any sticks in your yard, though.

Fo Shizzle Wrote:Government uses "force" to make you comply with its dictates...You have NO option of escaping its grasp.
You have a choice of where to live and that does NOT have to be in a neighborhood that has covenants....

If you don't like the restrictions an HOA has then move out.
If you don't like the restrictions of the city you move to then move again.
If you can't find a place in the USA that suits your needs then feel free to investigate other countries (I hear there's little government intervention in countries like Cuba, N Korea, Iran, etc) Unless you're a criminal and can't get a passport there's nothing stopping you.
No matter where you go there will always be some sort of restrictions. Get used to that and life will be less stressful.

smn1256 Wrote:

Fo Shizzle Wrote:Government uses "force" to make you comply with its dictates...You have NO option of escaping its grasp.
You have a choice of where to live and that does NOT have to be in a neighborhood that has covenants....

If you don't like the restrictions an HOA has then move out.
If you don't like the restrictions of the city you move to then move again.
If you can't find a place in the USA that suits your needs then feel free to investigate other countries (I hear there's little government intervention in countries like Cuba, N Korea, Iran, etc) Unless you're a criminal and can't get a passport there's nothing stopping you.
No matter where you go there will always be some sort of restrictions. Get used to that and life will be less stressful.

Yeah...Thats about the sum of it. If someone does not like being a slave..then their only real option is to plan escape from bondage. Too bad for the slave that there is nowhere to escape to that is free from slavery.
Oh well...I guess its back to the plantation.

Fo Shizzle Wrote:

smn1256 Wrote:

Fo Shizzle Wrote:Government uses "force" to make you comply with its dictates...You have NO option of escaping its grasp.
You have a choice of where to live and that does NOT have to be in a neighborhood that has covenants....

If you don't like the restrictions an HOA has then move out.
If you don't like the restrictions of the city you move to then move again.
If you can't find a place in the USA that suits your needs then feel free to investigate other countries (I hear there's little government intervention in countries like Cuba, N Korea, Iran, etc) Unless you're a criminal and can't get a passport there's nothing stopping you.
No matter where you go there will always be some sort of restrictions. Get used to that and life will be less stressful.

Yeah...Thats about the sum of it. If someone does not like being a slave..then their only real option is to plan escape from bondage. Too bad for the slave that there is nowhere to escape to that is free from slavery.
Oh well...I guess its back to the plantation.

Fo, tell you what; if you find a place with no restrictions (and where I can still watch my NY Giants games) then give me a call and I'll go with you. Trust me, there are many restrictions I disagree with and if I focused on them I'd drive myself to drink.....wait, I already do that. Change that; have a heart attack.....no...I had that, too. Hurry up and find that place because I need to get out of here.

smn1256 Wrote:

Fo Shizzle Wrote:

smn1256 Wrote:

Fo Shizzle Wrote:Government uses "force" to make you comply with its dictates...You have NO option of escaping its grasp.
You have a choice of where to live and that does NOT have to be in a neighborhood that has covenants....

If you don't like the restrictions an HOA has then move out.
If you don't like the restrictions of the city you move to then move again.
If you can't find a place in the USA that suits your needs then feel free to investigate other countries (I hear there's little government intervention in countries like Cuba, N Korea, Iran, etc) Unless you're a criminal and can't get a passport there's nothing stopping you.
No matter where you go there will always be some sort of restrictions. Get used to that and life will be less stressful.

Yeah...Thats about the sum of it. If someone does not like being a slave..then their only real option is to plan escape from bondage. Too bad for the slave that there is nowhere to escape to that is free from slavery.
Oh well...I guess its back to the plantation.

Fo, tell you what; if you find a place with no restrictions (and where I can still watch my NY Giants games) then give me a call and I'll go with you. Trust me, there are many restrictions I disagree with and if I focused on them I'd drive myself to drink.....wait, I already do that. Change that; have a heart attack.....no...I had that, too. Hurry up and find that place because I need to get out of here.

If I was young, Id move to NH and join the FreeStateProject. NH probably has the least restrictions of any place in the USA, plus if the FSP is successful, it will be the only state to become less and less restrictive. Concentrating activism is probably the only way to stem the tide of big government. Maybe they can be a model for other states.