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-- I'm always dismayed that people do not understand how reality, society, systems, work. Just wild.

Yeah, the overdependence on home value as a resource is, to say the least, not ideal, but probably to be expected in a country where...

Increasingly so. My web searches have been flagged as "possible bot activity" multiple times, over the last month. OK, I don't really...

My point was illustrating that the position that nobody should have an input on what you do on your own property is ultimately untenable...

Somewhere I have "Sticks" anthologized. Find that and read it. (I can poke around and find out where I have it, if you need.)

Karl Edward Wagner deserves more fame than he got. I’m always glad to see people reading his work.

I always go all-in on the Halloween season - movies, books, even my gaming sessions get spooky adventures when I can work them in...

In my experience, local governments can’t be bothered. They have bigger fish to fry. And sometimes, they don’t bother with those...

Yeah, the local government should have been more involved at the building stage, but lots of jurisdictions will just say "hooray, tax...

In our subdivision, nearly all of the tree removal was done by the original builder/developers. The HOA didn’t have a hand in those...

Not missing that. Not at all. I’m including “within a community”. Every right comes with a corresponding responsibility or...

Oh what a horrible decision! Our development had Bradford Pears planted when it was first built because they were cheap and grew...

In the United States at least, homes are very much about maintaining the amount of money one has, as well as enjoyment and security...

I think the problem is that the type of person who tends to want to sit on HOA boards is usually a knob.

I get the hate HOAs generate. I know their roots. I’ve seen how petty they can be. OTOH, I’ve also seen times when their rules had...