[Responsibility2nd]

In a nutshell (pun intended). Some mass-hole obsesses over neighbors cutting down their own trees. Wants to redefine private property.

[Paladin2]

"in the process adversely affecting the quality of life for me and several of my neighbors. "

This guy needs to move to a place with larger lots/fields.

[Paladin2]

Buy a portable sawmill and offer to cut it up for free....

[NEMDF]

They probably want the trees to be “community property” as long as they are healthy and provide nice shade. But as soon as the trees drop a branch or two, they will go back to being “private property”. Life in the mind of a liberal. What’s yours is ours until it is a problem, then it is yours again AND I still have the right to tell you what to do with it.

[shoff]

Waah waah wahh. I live here and should have a say in what everyone does on their private property. Why don’t you just plant your own trees? Or are they too messy and attract squirrels? You don’t own their ;and and until you do they can do what they want. Maybe they were offended with your Obama lawn sign in 2008 and 2012. Did they make you take it down, NO, they were polite and just let it be. They figured if you wanted to display your stupidity to the world on your property it is your business.If you don’t like it MOVE! Don’t make people change for you.

[icwhatudo]

Before anyone clicks on the link, picture the “type”.

SPOT ON including the glasses and homosexuality.

[getitright]

I certainly hope he is not pontificating from his neighboring house made out of **wood.**

[Teotwawki]

Where I lived in California we had to get a permit to cut down a tree. We had to get a permit to even just prune a tree (lest you prune too vigorously). I moved to Tennessee and got 22 acres way out in the middle of nowhere. Told my grandson that now anytime we want we can chop down a tree just to hear it fall.

In California my neighbor had a big tree that blocked my view of the water. His property, his tree, but I sure wished it was gone, then within a year it died and he cut it down. Prayer works.

[Zeppo]

Is it crazy or un-American to suggest that, at a certain point, a tree is no longer one person's private property per se, and belongs to the community? And at that point, should the property owner be restricted as to what he or she may do with said tree?

Short answer:

Yes, Patrick you ignorant slut, it is crazy or un-American...

(with props to Dan Aykroyd).

[MrB]

Is it crazy or un-American to suggest that, at a certain point, a tree is no longer one person’s private property per se, and belongs to the community?

Yes, it is.

And at that point, should the property owner be restricted as to what he or she may do with said tree?

If you restrict someone’s use of their property, you owe them recompense. So, if you loved that tree on HIS PROPERTY so much, and want him to keep it, PAY HIM.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

The author mentions that the property he rents has an ugly garage. How would he react if his neighbor decided that the garage has to go?

For the good of the 'hood and all.

[ExCTCitizen]

I know my HOA don’t want me to do things with my yard, but I knew it when we bought the house. If I didn’t have a HOA and my neighbor wants to cut down a tree, it is not my property. He (my neighbor) is conservative, too.

[rawhide]

In my community, you have to have a permit to cut down a tree of a certain size. I am surprised that is not true in Boston?

[afsnco]

Yes, it’s crazy, and yes, it’s un-American.

[ZULU]

But what is private property?

Ask John Galt.

[IronJack]

Is it crazy or un-American to suggest that, at a certain point, a tree is no longer one person's private property per se, and belongs to the community?

It is both crazy and un-American. In other words, liberal.

And at that point, should the property owner be restricted as to what he or she may do with said tree?

No. Your neighbor is not responsible for your quality of life. He owes you nothing. NOTHING. You have no right whatsoever to impose your esthetic on him.

[sergeantdave]

We lost this battle back in the 1990s when eco-fascists claimed ownership of private property, and fat-ass, stupid conservatives refused to show up at county board and town council meetings to stake their claim to their own property. Conservatives decided back then that making money and remodeling their kitchens was more important than liberty and their families. You reap what you sow...

Prepare for the jackboot on your throats.

[sargon]

Is it crazy or un-American to suggest that, at a certain point, a tree is no longer one person's private property per se, and belongs to the community?

Yes.