After Family's Home Burns Down, Gov't Evicting Them from RV They're Living in to Rebuild

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[–]Zapped 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

This family has maybe been bad neighbors and now their neighbors are using zoning law to try to get them removed from their property. They may dragging their feet getting their house rebuilt. On the other hand, their neighbor may want to buy their land and they won't sell, so said neighbor is using this as payback. I've seen both scenarios.

[–]Trajan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It's difficult to imagine they're dragging their feet. According to the article the house burned down in May.

[–]Zapped 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I knew a family whose house burned down and was doing demo work within 2 months. It only took a little longer to start rebuilding because they had to hire a general contractor, go over floor plans, and get the insurance and bank to approve. The insurance paid them to rent a house nearby.

[–]Trajan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

A sample of one isn't typically generalised.

I don't know the background details on this story. I don't think any of us do. I'm not going to hunt for reasons to criticise these people.

[–]Zapped 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have more experience with this kind of thing, but yes, that was one example I provided. I am sympathetic to anyone who is told what they can or can not do on their own property if they are not hurting anyone, even though this is an opinion piece only giving part of one side of the story. The fact that the zoning authority stepped in on behalf of a complaint, says that there is another side we haven't heard in this article. If there has been a complaint filed against them, then either they have been a problem to the community or the complainant is being a jerk to their neighbors. In my experience, if there is an order to remove that camper after 5 months and after a public hearing, then there is reason to believe that the family has done something wrong.

[–]IkeConn 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Fuck that Karen.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

link freezes, but yeah I wouldn't want people hanging out in an RV, that brings down property values, looks like white trash.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Who gives a shit, are they pouring chemicals into the earth? Are they cutting down every tree on their property?

Why would you care about your neighbor living in an rv? Lol

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

RVs are for traveling around on vacations not to live in permanently in a yard. This link freezes (why do so many links here not work) but I can tell from the pic that it just looks trashy. Why do I care how my neighbors house looks? It displeases me to see trash. Aesthetics are important. It brings down property values because no one wants to live next to trash. So that costs me money too.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

PERMANENTLY.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Fuck your property value, if your neighbor keeps his RV nice and doesn't trash his yard, then why would you care? Why would anyone care, unless they are a bunch of modernists, like HOA-esque people?

How many people lived in wagons back in the day? Plenty. Some whole people groups did it in fact, and I'm not one to judge these groups based off of trashy examples. If I did that, then I'd hate every city for being one big pile of trash. Well, I do hate cities for being one big pile of trash.

woolywagons.com Try to tell me these aren't quality, popper. What about this is trashy? The fact that it is small, and you don't like it? Obviously, the people in the OP aren't using these nice wagons, but the point stands. If there isn't a rundown shit-hole next to you, why would you care?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

woolywagons.com . . . ok why tho. Why not just make a nice house. Why does it need wheels on it if it's never going to be moved?

Fuck my property value? This is the same reason for white flight, no one wants to live by trash. It just looks bad. This is why we need to not allow certain clothes worn in schools, it leads to people not caring about themselves or their neighborhood. Pull up your damn pants. The people in the OP aren't using those nice wagons . . . and that point therefore does not stand. It looks like trash. I stand with their nehighbors. They probably burned the house down thelmselves thru stupidity or as insurance fraud. Well hurry up and get it fixed, or torn down and replaced, move the RV somewhere else and live there until then because it's an eye sore.