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This is what my friends neighborhood looks like from the street.  Where guests are supposed to park is down at the end of each street, but in practice it's where the people who live near the end park. 
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Jesus, what a depressing place
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Nov 8, 2018 08:26
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That neighborhood would be so much better with 3 or 4 story condos.
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Nov 8, 2018 08:40
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Wasabi the J posted:This is what my friends neighborhood looks like from the street. This is a nightmare, jesus christ
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Nov 8, 2018 09:09
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Phanatic posted:When I think "local council" in England a thing that does not come to mind is "much less heavy-handed rules."
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Nov 8, 2018 10:09
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Wasabi the J posted:This is what my friends neighborhood looks like from the street. 
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Nov 8, 2018 10:16
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Wasabi the J posted:This is what my friends neighborhood looks like from the street. 
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Nov 8, 2018 10:17
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Splicer posted:Forget the parking, where's the greenspace There are 1.2 Bradford pears per lot. What more do you want?
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Nov 8, 2018 10:24
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GotLag posted:GPS tag all SUVs and execute every driver who doesn't go off-road at least once in any 12-month period Intentionally.
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Nov 8, 2018 12:30
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I am so going to miss the legally required runoff ponds and green spaces required in new Florida slave ship construction. Mind, your slave ship still floods if the culvert gets blocked in a storm.
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Nov 8, 2018 12:41
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My neighborhood (that I'm leaving, this week, praise the jerbus) is like that. Everyone uses their garage for storage, and on-street parking is scarce as it is. Plus the neighbor to one side had an extra slab poured at his corner lot to park the 4-6 cars he always has, which means parking more than one car in my driveway blocks off his access. And the other neighbor hasn't figured out that, if he scoots his busted pickup back like 18", you can make a whole extra parking space in front of it, RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY YARD. My new place has a 1.5 car garage and I am so looking forward to using it.
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Nov 8, 2018 14:00
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GotLag posted:GPS tag all SUVs and execute every driver who doesn't go off-road at least once in any 12-month period Seconded.
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Nov 8, 2018 14:18
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If the streets around your neighborhood are bad enough to be considered offroading, would that be a suitable alternative?
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Nov 8, 2018 14:27
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I'll allow it, since the alternative is death.
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Nov 8, 2018 14:27
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GotLag posted:GPS tag all SUVs and execute every driver who doesn't go off-road at least once in any 12-month period 
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Nov 8, 2018 15:31
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Wasabi the J posted:This is what my friends neighborhood looks like from the street.  Dear lord that's horrible. Those lots are like the gestation crates of lots. What's the point of detached single family homes if they're crammed that close? They could have achieved a much nicer environment (and more parking) at the same overall density if they'd made quadplexes/larger multiplexes with condos. But I guess making them all single family homes was a better ROI for the developer.For comparison, here's a shot of my street:  (I know, but Google Maps wouldn't let me turn off the labels) This street was built and lots divvied up around 1895, well before most people owned cars (hence nice sidewalks). Somehow they managed to make the street wide enough for through traffic AND parked cars. Almost no one has a garage, though. The lots are super narrow, so houses are about as close together side by side as in that subdivision, but they are also deep, so everyone has some setback from the street and backyards. Also more cross streets, so you can get places more easily, by foot or car. Who knew that 1890s city planning would still result in a functional, accessible neighborhood? I think what really irks me about that development is how unaccommodating it is to anyone who's not a friendless single person with exactly one car.
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Nov 8, 2018 15:33
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Wasabi the J posted:This is what my friends neighborhood looks like from the street. Isn't there quite a bit of unused desert surrounding Las Vegas? I can understand this kind of stuff in land locked San Francisco (it still doesn't make much more sense there, but at least it has a reason!). If land near Vegas is that bad, why cant we get like luxury condos? I kinda like the idea of following Walt's Epcot dream and just stacking a lot of housing units into a tower with an underground parking garage. Why cant we make histories impractical city of the future buildings a reality? In my opinion, I think most of the reason people hate apartments is probably because A) you don't own your own patch of grass to neglect at your will and B) you share a wall with that loud room mate (which could potentially be mitigated with decent soundproofing).
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Nov 8, 2018 15:52
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GotLag posted:The council was required to make the house accessible, they did so, and despite a bunch of lovely tabloid coverage the residents are happy with it: How in the hell was that abomination better than some path grading, drainage work to suit and an outdoor wheelchair lift?
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Nov 8, 2018 16:10
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Crotch Fruit posted:Isn't there quite a bit of unused desert surrounding Las Vegas? I can understand this kind of stuff in land locked San Francisco (it still doesn't make much more sense there, but at least it has a reason!). If land near Vegas is that bad, why cant we get like luxury condos? I kinda like the idea of following Walt's Epcot dream and just stacking a lot of housing units into a tower with an underground parking garage. Why cant we make histories impractical city of the future buildings a reality? In my opinion, I think most of the reason people hate apartments is probably because A) you don't own your own patch of grass to neglect at your will and B) you share a wall with that loud room mate (which could potentially be mitigated with decent soundproofing). Las Vegas sits in a bowl, and is rapidly nearing the edges. I thought the subdivision I lived in was a bit oppressive, but at least the house had a driveway and small backyard. The one posted above is jusy terrible.
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Nov 8, 2018 17:06
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Platystemon posted:There are 1.2 Bradford pears per lot.
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Nov 8, 2018 17:26
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Wasabi the J posted:This is what my friends neighborhood looks like from the street. Oh, look, Camazotz is real. Yes, I'm a nerd, why do you ask?
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Nov 8, 2018 17:45
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Crotch Fruit posted:Isn't there quite a bit of unused desert surrounding Las Vegas? I can understand this kind of stuff in land locked San Francisco (it still doesn't make much more sense there, but at least it has a reason!). If land near Vegas is that bad, why cant we get like luxury condos? I kinda like the idea of following Walt's Epcot dream and just stacking a lot of housing units into a tower with an underground parking garage. Why cant we make histories impractical city of the future buildings a reality? In my opinion, I think most of the reason people hate apartments is probably because A) you don't own your own patch of grass to neglect at your will and B) you share a wall with that loud room mate (which could potentially be mitigated with decent soundproofing). There's tons of condos in Vegas. Most of the new construction happening on the strip are condos and apartments, not casinos.
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Nov 8, 2018 18:55
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Leperflesh posted:Developer and City go like this: Don't forget: <Five Years Later> City: poo poo, we let you put that up on our stormwater drainage and now all this water has nowhere to go, time to pony up for remediation. Developer: Sorry guy, I'm no longer in business. City: Wat. Developer: Yup, dissolved as soon as the project was finished, offloaded the obligations to the HOA by contract. City: Welp, guess they get to come up with $200k for storm sewers. HOA: No way! Lol jk the homeowners will just have to pay a levy. $2k each should do it. Owners: The gently caress you say. HOA: If you don't pay up, we're forcing a sheriff's sale of your property. Owners: The gently caress you say! City: Nah, they can totally do that. HOA : We totally can. Liquid Communism fucked around with this message at 11:53 on Nov 9, 2018 |
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Nov 9, 2018 11:46
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Those tasteless rows of houses make me crave sweet & spicy New Mexico meth.
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Nov 9, 2018 13:46
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Liquid Communism posted:Don't forget: I have coworkers who think I’m crazy for not living in an area with an HOA. I’ll take the friendly neighbors who have a car in their backyard over a $3k “donation” to the HOA to fix a lazy developer’s gently caress-up any day. I knew of a guy who bought into a condo that, surprise, surprise, had a lovely developer half-rear end the foundation. Apparently the “consortium” of developers and construction companies all bugged the gently caress out and told the HOA to sue the other companies after the consortium was dissolved, and the HOA ended up having to ask each owner for $20k large to help hire a company to fix it. The sad thing is that condos and apartments are, by far the most economically and ecologically intelligent way to house humans, yet we’re gonna kill any movement towards that off with old-school American business corruption. Yee haw. 
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GotLag posted:GPS tag all SUVs and execute every driver who doesn't go off-road at least once in any 12-month period
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Nov 9, 2018 19:49
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Ripoff posted:I have coworkers who think I’m crazy for not living in an area with an HOA. I’ll take the friendly neighbors who have a car in their backyard over a $3k “donation” to the HOA to fix a lazy developer’s gently caress-up any day. This exact poo poo is what kept me from getting a condo, even though it's exactly what I wanted. I'm going to try and get into gardening to make having a yard again worth while.
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Nov 9, 2018 20:47
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I live in a townhouse/condo community and It owns. My HOA fee covers water, sewer, pool and spa maintenance and all landscaping except for in my little patio yard area.
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Nov 9, 2018 21:14
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Armacham posted:I live in a townhouse/condo community and It owns. My HOA fee covers water, sewer, pool and spa maintenance and all landscaping except for in my little patio yard area. How's your liability insurance? Someone drowns in that pool, are the owners going to be on the hook for the costs? 
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Nov 9, 2018 23:23
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To be somewhat charitable to HOAs (and I really don't want to), they often have a tough job managing finances due to idiot home owners. In my parents' 55+ community, the HOA is fairly well run, and it properly sets aside (large) capital reserves based on expected/upcoming maintenance/replacements to common-area stuff (not adding new bullshit some board member wanted.) Homeowners frequently see the large reserve amount on the balance sheets and demand a reduction in dues, as they conclude that there's a surplus because they're paying too much. "Hey idiots, would you rather get hit with multi-thousand dollar special assessments when these repairs pop up? No we shouldn't run our HOA like how you manage your personal finances: zero savings for emergencies."
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Nov 9, 2018 23:52
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Not all the neighborhoods in Vegas are like that. I'm partial to the Northwest desert lots that still actually have small ranches in the neighborhood, where the edge of town used to be. My house has a modest backyard that isn't very large in my mind but people in Vegas are broken.  (Ignore the wall being so high the neighbor behind me lives at a higher elevation to me) My friend that lives in that suburban hell can only smoke in his backyard and his dog can only has enough room to poo poo back there, so he has to take her out every day to the park to run and play. But yes the edges of the bowl are being reached on both the East and West, and the valley is being overwatched by modernist mansions that only the very wealthy can afford.
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Nov 10, 2018 02:52
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Wasabi the J posted:he has to take her out every day to the park to run and play. And... that's bad and not, you know, normal?
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Nov 10, 2018 03:06
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My dog would rather destroy toys than retrieve them, so 90% of his exercise comes from walks (and the remainder is warning me that THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE ADJACENT YARD). As a bonus, my back yard isn't full of poop, and I get exercise too.
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Nov 10, 2018 03:10
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Jerry Cotton posted:And... that's bad and not, you know, normal? My backyard is about 1/3 of an acre and fenced in. It has plenty of places to for Little Dog to smell and sniff and chase/bark at squirrels and birds. She is a rescue and poorly socialized with other dogs. Even though she would get totally stomped by anything more than 25 lbs, she is still very aggressive towards all dogs that are not her. She did like Big Dog when he was alive, so I imagine supervised time with other dogs will work but people generally don’t want you to do that with their dogs at a public park. So backyard and leash walks for her.
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Jerry Cotton posted:And... that's bad and not, you know, normal? I feel like the latter part is great pet ownership but I also feel your home should maybe be large enough for the dog to have someplace to run around unsupervised.
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Nov 10, 2018 03:46
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Never mind the wall, what's with the column?
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Nov 10, 2018 13:22
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It’s called class, look it up.
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Nov 10, 2018 15:05
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Suspect Bucket posted:Never mind the wall, what's with the column? Previous owner had strange concepts of design, it's holding up the pergola. They also liked taupe and beige-ish lavender. Is that a confusing color? Yes. It's also exactly the right description and covering my master bedroom.
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When I bought my house, the kitchen was maroon, the living room had a mustard colored accent wall and one of the basement bedrooms was two tone green/dark green. Yeah all that poo poo is off-white now.
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Wasabi the J posted:Previous owner had strange concepts of design, it's holding up the pergola. I know the exact shade you're talking about, kind of gross and fleshy, right? Our landlord used it everywhere.
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