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To: NittanyLion
No, I'm suggesting a free market solution to the problem.

Let us be quite clear: your "free market solution" is to demand that the guy bear the costs for the activities of his neighbor. That is extortion, not the free market.

70 posted on 01/24/2004 9:55:23 AM PST by r9etb
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To: r9etb
Let us be quite clear: your "free market solution" is to demand that the guy bear the costs for the activities of his neighbor. That is extortion, not the free market.

Utter nonsense. You embarrass yourself with this tripe.

72 posted on 01/24/2004 9:56:29 AM PST by NittanyLion
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To: r9etb
It's not extortion. If a person wants to exert control over the actions of another tenent, he has to own the unit. I'm looking out my window at 2 ugly trucks parked at my neighbor's house. If I want to make sure that I don't have to look at those trucks I can buy their house, close the blinds, or move. That's not extortion. It's a free market solution.
76 posted on 01/24/2004 9:58:13 AM PST by saul goode
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To: r9etb
"Let us be quite clear: your "free market solution" is to demand that the guy bear the costs for the activities of his neighbor"

I have a history of respiratory infections and have had asthma attacks. I am also sensitive to chemical pollutants. I don't like using air conditioning or heat unless absolutely necessary, preferring fresh air, not to mention keeping the bills down, and live in a climate where neither is really needed much of the year. Problem is, there is a paper mill on the south side of town and many times, when the wind is right, the smell, along with whatever toxic chemicals may be in the air, gets to be overwhelming and it is just about impossible to breathe and I have to close the windows and turn on the AC. And all this time I didn't realize that what I really should be doing is suing the paper mill for posing a threat to my health and causing my electric bill to skyrocket.

The point is, unless you are independently wealthy, anywhere you live is going to come with things you don't like and are not necessarily healthy. You choose the trade offs. If later you decide you can't handle it, you move. You don't impose your will on everybody else.

327 posted on 01/24/2004 12:52:17 PM PST by sweetliberty (Even the smallest person can change the course of the future. - (LOTR))
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