[Publius]

When you try to restrict the size of the house I can build, how much land I may use for a yard, how big my gargage can be, whether I can have a detached shed, or how close I must get to my neighbors (note: not how far away I can be), or any other stupid, pointless restriction of my property rights, I am naturally outraged. When you do it through a regional growth plan that will not allow me to move out of your control without leaving the state, I am outraged. When you restrict the allowed use of property simply because it has been sold, I am outraged. Shall I go on?

Suppose that restriction is placed on you by the private compacts and covenants of a neighborhood association, something that is extremely common in upscale neighborhoods?

[balrog666]

Suppose that restriction is placed on you by the private compacts and covenants of a neighborhood association, something that is extremely common in upscale neighborhoods?

Not a problem when you can move out of the neighborhood. How far from Portland do you have to go to escape the Metro Planning Program? I rest my case.