No it is not the same. If you want only neighbors who will live a certain way....it is not unreasonable to suggest you should then buy up all the property around you. You have no right to tell others how to live on their land.
Furthermore your notion that Gov't get yearly grow itself by passing more and more laws...and thus everyone should just swallow and say "okay, that's the law...that makes it right".....is utterly foolish.
These are the exact same people who buy a house near an airport....and then protest if the airport tries to expand by buying more property (freely). If they don't want the airport to expand....then they should buy the excess property up.....and if they don't and the airport does....well then it can and should do as it wants with its own property.
Exactly the same here. Gov't is out of control with new regulations each and every month. From the local to the State up to the Federal level.
And the reality is the vast majority of these regulations are passed without the public having a clue.
You're just flat out wrong. There are rules in every community. And they are designed to protect everyone. Now if she didn't like the rules, she could have left. But she didn't, did she? She now faces the consequences of her inaction. I hope she gets help now and I suspect she will. But the town did NOTHING wrong and there's nothing wrong with wanting to live in a town that takes care of itself. For whatever reason you want.
When a person lives in an area and can't afford to upgrade or buy acreage, they should have the decency to maintain their property for themselves as well as others, and those others should do the same.
If all people made an effort to do these things, I believe others would help them if they fell on hard times. In this case it sounds like she made no effort what so ever.
Communities pass these type laws for the few people like her. I won't tell someone how to live, but they should darn well try to make an effort to conform to a communities standards.
I agree completely!