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[–] 149 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (12 children)

For Christ sake, I'd go nuts if I had to see a discreetly parked boat everyday when I drive by on my way to work.
Good thing the homeowner association town had some common sense here. /S

all boats are discretely parked otherwise.

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  • [–] 66 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Interestingly this one was actually a town ordinance, not an HOA rule!

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    ... if I had to see a discretely parked boat...

    fyi: discreetly parked.

    all boats are discretely parked otherwise.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I dunno, you "park" with enough velocity and you could definitely describe the location of the boat as a distribution.

    EDIT: When I wrote this comment I tried to imagine how one would do this. Perhaps against a rocky shore, or falling off a trailer on the highway? But then these guys came into my recommendation feed and said, "nah, like this": https://youtu.be/zlFH3aC7Z_c?t=741

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Etienne Constable, from Seaside, California, was told in July last year by local government officials that he had to build a 6-foot fence to hide the boat from view of his neighbors.

    Good thing the homeowner association local government had some common sense here. /S

    FTFY

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  • [–] 63 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    I would have liked to find out why this ordinance exists. It makes no sense to me.

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  • [–] 53 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Retired neighbors with nothing better to do.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    The neighbors complained because they have nothing better to do, but why was the ordinance created in the first place?

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  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    So the neighborhood doesn't look like a getto full of people too poor to keep their boats in the marina like decent fokes.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Theres a newish neighbourhood near me with a high percentage of reasonably cashed up retired people... nice houses with 2 car garages on small blocks. Every other house has a caravan or a boat and they almost all park them on the street.

    Some of the streets have been effectively reduced to one lane in both directions, sure its legal but its a giant pain in the balls to get around.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    "To keep crime down" or something

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago

    That is a fantastic painting! The artist nailed it.

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