I see this all of the time out here. Someone buys or builds a house because it has a nice view of a wooded valley. The owner of the wooded valley comes in and clearcuts the valley the way that he and his family have been logging every 30 years for the last 100 or so (hint to homeowner: that's why it's called "timberland") Owner of the house yells bloody murder and tries to stop the logging because it will disturb his view.
I know of someone who actually sued a neighbor because the neighbor's 80 year old trees blocked the view of the mountains from where the guy intended to build his house.
I swear that one of these days, one of these idiots is going to sue the county for bad weather.
Geeze! I guess that if the guy wanted an unobstructed view, he should have bought all the land to the mountains, well, including the mountain, in case someone wanted to build something obstructing his view ON the mountain...
Reminds me of the people who buy property up to an airport, then complain about all the air traffic noise...
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
It's just sad that people can be so immature and selfish and still think that it's ok; and the problem is always 'the other guy' . And what's worse yet, there are lawyers who specalize in these cases (who are always for the person who is doing the inconvienencing).
Nobody wants to take responsibility anymore, just find a way to lay blame on another. Yes indeed, quite sad.
Chuck(G) wrote:I swear that one of these days, one of these idiots is going to sue the county for bad weather.
People are nuts.
The govenrment of state of Washington has actually been having a debate about who owns the rain water that falls on a homeowner's property: the homeowner or the government.
My answer is neither. It the big money developer who wants the government to condemn your house so that he can build a new casino and hotel.
Mark wrote:The govenrment of state of Washington has actually been having a debate about who owns the rain water that falls on a homeowner's property: the homeowner or the government.
My answer is neither. It the big money developer who wants the government to condemn your house so that he can build a new casino and hotel.
Water's a special case in the western states and I predict that it will only get worse as the population increases.
Several east-side cities own large tracts of fallow land that will never be developed simply for the water rights that attach.
In many areas, you may not drill a well in your own yard unless the local water district puts a meter on it. (They handle the groundwater recharging, so they figure you're really pumping their water).
You can't legally dig a pond here in Oregon without first registering it with the local watermaster. And if you've dug a pond (legally or illegally), you can't log within 100 feet of the shore, even if the trees were grown before the pond was dug.
