Y'all. The 1950s are part of how we got here... and not even the start of the path. Honestly, this whole result was predictable from at least the 1860s, or I'd argue all the way back to 1789..Where did “America” go ?
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I built this one in 2002, and lived in it until we recently sold it (property taxes just too unrealistic and onerous ($17,000+/year) to stay in retirement).
During that time built 4 more like it in our little city surrounded by Houston, until the City of West University Place outlawed the entire architectural genre ("interfered with the street scape" WTF) because a couple of useful idiots on the zoning and planning committee felt "overpowered" by the balconies when walking down the sidewalk. Yep, seriously!
They preferred front loading garages, and folks who lived in the back yard ... made for more "airconditioned space", AKA higher property taxes.
We were one of the few who didn't live in the backyard, and knew, and greeted, all the neighbors who walked by in the evening for 20 years.
At Halloween we'd drop a bucket full of candy on a rope from the balcony to the trick-or-treating kids down below, many who brought their children years later to enjoy the experience.
Yep, sad times ... damn sad.
Beautiful house. It is probably a bit too "antebellum" for the woke folks now in your zoning & planning commission. See if you can find an unincorporated area for your next one.Well said! Example:
I built this one in 2002, and lived in it until we recently sold it (property taxes just too unrealistic and onerous ($17,000+/year) to stay in retirement).
During that time built 4 more like it in our little city surrounded by Houston, until the City of West University Place outlawed the entire architectural genre ("interfered with the street scape" WTF) because a couple of useful idiots on the zoning and planning committee felt "overpowered" by the balconies when walking down the sidewalk. Yep, seriously!
They preferred front loading garages, and folks who lived in the back yard ... made for more "airconditioned space", AKA higher property taxes.
We were one of the few who didn't live in the backyard, and knew, and greeted, all the neighbors who walked by in the evening for 20 years.
At Halloween we'd drop a bucket full of candy on a rope from the balcony to the trick-or-treating kids down below, many who brought their children years later to enjoy the experience.
Yep, sad times ... damn sad.
Me too, in the 80’s.Back when I was a kid (50's) you were generally kept out of the house until it got dark.
First nail in the coffin:Y'all. The 1950s are part of how we got here... and not even the start of the path. Honestly, this whole result was predictable from at least the 1860s, or I'd argue all the way back to 1789..