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WinkyDink

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23. My street, also. House burnt down; new one is a story higher than the neighbors'! I am across the

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Thu Oct 23, 2014, 06:58 PM

Oct 2014

street on a corner; the side of my backyard faces that house. I now see it looming as I pull up the driveway.

However, I have it better than the guy on the opposite corner, the next-door neighbor. The new house, a model that does not fit the neighborhood, is right up against his pool, with second-story windows now overlooking it.

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"Your house destroyed our privacy" - this is what McMansionization looks like in LA [View all] Liberal_in_LA Oct 2014 OP

I agree and have no sympathy for those who build/buy Dawson Leery Oct 2014 #1

A lot of this is driven by Chinese government policy AngryAmish Oct 2014 #18

True yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #28

I would be so upset if someone JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #2

They probably wouldn't scream as loudly Warpy Oct 2014 #5

This I agree with 100% JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #17

there needs to be community design standards -- the two houses next-door is perfect example nashville_brook Oct 2014 #3

If I observe all building codes and zoning restrictions... meaculpa2011 Oct 2014 #4

You contradict yourself in your own post BrotherIvan Oct 2014 #21

????????!!!!!!!!!!! My property rights end... meaculpa2011 Oct 2014 #24

Gotta say, I agree with you. Marr Oct 2014 #27

They should have to buy the whole block Politicalboi Oct 2014 #6

ahhhh, back for the old days when we thought at Levittown was the worst thing we thought developers MisterP Oct 2014 #7

A neighborhood I drive through often kiva Oct 2014 #8

An ongoing LA problem. I looked up this article from 1993 about Jack Lemmon and others Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #9

I used to appraise in L.A. This is SMALL potatoes. I remember rounding a curve Hortensis Oct 2014 #10

This should be the answer to stop this BrotherIvan Oct 2014 #22

Communities can enact protective laws, and some do. BrotherIvan, we used to live in Glendale, a Hortensis Oct 2014 #25

Excellent BrotherIvan Oct 2014 #30

Problems of rich people in a first world country. n/t dilby Oct 2014 #11

Well, not necessarily rich people - lots of people put all their equity into their home hedgehog Oct 2014 #13

I live near the bottom of the mountain, used to be surrounded by woods.. mountain grammy Oct 2014 #12

Everyone wants to live in the country - as long as they can bring Suburbia along with them! hedgehog Oct 2014 #14

Already happened. TPTB dislike our old non conforming house mountain grammy Oct 2014 #16

The neighborhood in Century city has houses you'd want to buy Johonny Oct 2014 #15

"marring her views of Century City" frazzled Oct 2014 #19

This is where my respect for property rights clashes with the credo of "Don't be a dick". Throd Oct 2014 #20

My street, also. House burnt down; new one is a story higher than the neighbors'! I am across the WinkyDink Oct 2014 #23

In our town, they changed the zoning law to deal with this problem, hollysmom Oct 2014 #26

Paint the side facing the mcmansion with bizzare colors & designs.... Historic NY Oct 2014 #29