• xyguy@startrek.website
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    7 months ago

    Theres a house near me that has the 10 foot skeleton that they dress up for all the different holidays. Last year they got a second one. One of my favorite houses to looks at when I go by.

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        Im in CA and we have a skeleton house as well. I see it every day on my commute (its on one of the three roads you have to travel to get into the town). Its fun to se how creative they get with the costumes. Still dressed up for pride month last I drove by.

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    She’s fighting with the city over this? What city had rules for how you can decorate your property? I can see a draconian HOA having an issue with this, but I was under the impression the city never cares unless there’s a code violation.

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      Depending on the city they can be every bit as petty. Especially small towns that want to appear higher class than they are.

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        And the trashier a town is the more likely it is to have weird ordinances from back when they were trying to keep the trash out that they selectively enforce now.

        Source: I came from a trashy small town.

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      My hometown has city ordinance over fences. They have a max height and need to not block the view of the houses too much. It’s in place to keep the welcoming feel of the town iirc. So yeah depending on the place the city could be getting involved directly

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      7 months ago

      iirc one american city tried to jail a dude because he “wouldn’t” (couldn’t as he was old af and broke) mow his lawn.

      I dont think he went to jail but it was taken to court

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      7 months ago

      There’s actually a series of films called An American Werewolf in London and An American Werewolf in Paris

      Still waiting for the trilogy to be complete, starting to think they forgot about it.

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    7 months ago

    Wouldn’t dressing up the warewolf reinforce the argument that it’s a seasonal decoration?

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      Yeah, but the reason it was classified as seasonal was almost certainly to limit it to Halloween.

      This makes it seasonal to whatever season it’s dressed up as, which can be anything.

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      7 months ago

      Nope, a tree doesn’t become seasonal just because you put lights on it in December. Dressing it up shows that the statue is a general uses decoration that can be customized for any season.

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    7 months ago

    It’s become the new concrete goose. I see these still up and wonder if folks bothered to consider where they were going to store them before buying

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      Im all for it leaving them up. Seeing a 15ft tall skeleton wearing a pride flag as a cape is a hoot and a half.

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    7 months ago

    Because nebolous housing rates are more important than everything else burning to the ground around them.