• notExactlyI20@lemmy.world
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      But it’s your house !?

      I’m no lawyer or anything, but isn’t there a law that lets you do whatever the fuck you want to your house (something along the line of “castle bla bla bla doctrine”?

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        We have something called zoning laws. Some people here are blaming racism for these laws. Maybe that’s partially true, not entirely sure. But there are definitely other reasons.

        Like you’re not supposed to put a factory next to a school. A few years ago there was a huge factory explosion in Texas and because of their shitty zoning it affected some school in the area. Can’t remember if kids died in that.

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          I don’t know if zoning laws were actually caused by racism, but they were and are definitely used to disadvantage racial minorities.

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          i don’t doubt that racism is a component to this, but there’s also the part where breaking up the monotone suburban hellscape would make it “unsafe for kids”. people move to suburbs with the specific purpose of having kids, so the place is designed to be inescapable without a car but with no clear signs of confinement, just an endless continuation of the same sanitized space. then when said kids are old enough to trust they can learn to drive in the same environment and only then released from the tutorial world they’re safely stuck into whenever they come “home”

          but yes, also, god forbid your children have to meet minorities or poor people, and since small shops don’t pay well and have the audacity to employ non-white people, the only way is to cut them out. you can pick your shit up at the gas station, if you’re an adult.

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        Castle docyorine is in regards to home defense should someone enter your house to harm you

        Zoning lwas treat residential and commercial zoning means certain types of business like running an in person store is a no go

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          Wild to me that there is a law that legally allows me to literally shoot someone on sight, but can be arrested if trying to sell inofensive, day to day stuff at my house. American priorities first I guess?

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            Shoot anyone on sight bs shoot someone that just kicked in your door are two different things just of out that their.

            And you can sell stuff oblibw oyr of your home. Yoy mostly haven nimbys that prevent mixed use zoning through lists of the us

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        Yes, but like others have said there are zoning laws, but more importantly these suburbs are almost always included with HOA (Home Owner Association) and when you buy the house you are required to accept the covenants of the HOA where your house sits, however what makes this even worse is that most states give WAY too much power to HOA’s to the point where if you are doing something that does not comply with the HOA covenants, you can be subjected to fines, getting sued, or even have your house foreclosed on by the HOA.

        I love the freedom I get in America