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Re:U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry (2009) by gambiting on Friday October 07, 2022 @09:15AM (#33120818)
>>What if someone decides they should park their car on the front lawn since the boat and camper take up the driveway? Or just set a couch up on the front lawn because I like to have a nap there?

Wait, isn't America meant to be land of the free? Is it their front lawn, or is it not? I live in a much less "free" country according to any American, and yet neither thing would be a problem. It's your front lawn, want to a park a car there? That's your call.

What an incredibly weird argument that is.

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Re:U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry (2009) by nemo44x on Friday October 07, 2022 @10:06AM (#33121520)
I should be able to build a giant ferris wheel on my front lawn because it's my property after all!
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Re:U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry (2009) by gambiting on Friday October 07, 2022 @10:21AM (#33121720)
If you can't see a difference between parking a car vs building a giant ferris wheel on your front lawn, then I'm afraid that's on you. There is a line with what's acceptable - but luckily in most places and in most people's minds it doesn't lie anywhere where you think it does.
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Re:U.S. residents fight for the right to hang laundry (2009) by nemo44x on Friday October 07, 2022 @11:20AM (#33122535)
> There is a line with what's acceptable

You get it! And for me and most other people who live in cities or towns, parking a vehicle on your front lawn or other area not designed for and built for parking a vehicle (most people call them "driveways") is crossing that line.

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