It’s also an issue that’s getting bigger with time. In the 50s most areas were freshly built up from the ground. You don’t like the rules in one neighbourhood? No problem, just buy some of the empty land around it and do what you want.
By now about every piece of somewhat sensible land is owned. There’s not that much completely fresh development in areas where people actually want to live voluntarily anymore.
So most people buy “pre-owned” land. Land with covenants on it. And with covenants often being perpetual, that means more and more land will get poisoned by them.
Definitely.
It takes a special kind of megalomania to believe that just because you paid for a plot of land, that you’re entitled to bind it to your will forever…
It’s also an issue that’s getting bigger with time. In the 50s most areas were freshly built up from the ground. You don’t like the rules in one neighbourhood? No problem, just buy some of the empty land around it and do what you want.
By now about every piece of somewhat sensible land is owned. There’s not that much completely fresh development in areas where people actually want to live voluntarily anymore.
So most people buy “pre-owned” land. Land with covenants on it. And with covenants often being perpetual, that means more and more land will get poisoned by them.