From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   BTR1701  wrote:   
      
   >>. . .   
      
   >If I own a house and I want, for whatever reason, to leave it empty for a   
   >period of time, that's none of the government's goddam business. It's *my*   
   >house. I can rent it, live in it, leave it empty, let my kid stay in it for   
   >free, or bulldoze it to the ground. Mam-fuckin'-dani doesn't get a say.   
      
   The government completely intrudes on your life. Socialism never goes   
   away.   
      
   Your typical homeowner, not in a homeowners' association, owns the land   
   as fee simple. This includes a bundle of rights, but not all rights. You   
   don't own your air space, which is a good thing with respect to flights   
   thousands of feet above but a bad thing when it comes to drone   
   surveillance. You don't own mineral rights, so you can't dig for   
   petroleum nor rare earth elements.   
      
   Let's say you want to use your own land to its highest and best use. Say   
   there's a major transportation facility nearby and your land might be   
   desireable for commercial/industrial use or multi-family housing. But   
   your land is zoned single family preventing you from redeveloping it.   
      
   No court ever ruled that deliberate downzoning by the municipality or   
   county is a taking. It should be.   
      
   Mamdani or not, you are not free to do what you wish with your own land.   
      
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