Re:Barely Half of 30-Year-Olds in the U.S. Earn More Than Th...
by gwright on Thursday December 08, 2016 @05:33PM
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For example, here is a zoning map for New Canaan, Connecticut a suburb of New York in south western Connecticut. About a 25% of the town is zoned for 4 acre lots, 50% for two acre lots, and 25% for smaller lots (just my estimates from looking at the map).
http://www.newcanaan.info/filestorage/9490/293/331/02zoningm...
Re:Barely Half of 30-Year-Olds in the U.S. Earn More Than Th...
by RUG3Y on Thursday December 08, 2016 @05:02PM
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He's in Western Washington, but not too close to Seattle. To him it's "in the country" but it's right next to town. I live in a rural place, "in the country" means something entirely different to me.
Re:Barely Half of 30-Year-Olds in the U.S. Earn More Than Th...
by seanp2k2 on Thursday December 08, 2016 @07:02PM
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My definition of "country" is having a yard big enough to throw a tennis ball for your dog as hard as you can, as far as you can, within your property, and not have it hit something. Just any linear stretch of maybe 150'. People in cities very rarely have that, unless it's some kind of billionaire hilltop mansion type situation. Many people can't even own a pet because their apartment disallows it.
Same thing would apply to shooting a gun on your property. If you can do it without the cops coming, you live in "the country" as far as I'm concerned.
What kind of area has these rules and who sets them? To me a lot with 5 acres is officially "the country" where I would expect very little to zero regulation of what you can build.