[HairOfTheDog]

If you want to exercise your right to do as you damn well please, then you shouldn't live in a town that makes its living off of a style or a theme or a look.

Themed towns and style enforcement make for great communities to be in... better than the glaring ugly unmatched sprawl in poorly planned towns.

Leavenworth, WA

It's a Bavarian town. Everything has Bavarian architecture, even the Safeway. It's NOT the place for independent grouches who don't appreciate the mission of the town.

[Smokin' Joe]

It is lovely, but in town is not the place for independant grouches. We do not do well in captivity. (8^D)

[panaxanax]

I lived in Leavenworth, WA back in the mid-eighty's while working in the apple industry. Did you ever see a picture of the town before they did the updated Bavarian theme? Nothing but an old railroad town full of shacks and broken-down buildings.

Leavenworth is an exception and the codes apply only to the downtown area or at least they used to. What you don't see in this photo is 1/2 block to the east (left in photo) there is a large apple packing shed. This huge concrete building was a topic of discussion by the town board even back then, but they soon realized that apples rule in this part of the country. It's a nice tourist spot and well worth the trip.