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Accessory dwellings erode the single-family neighborhood structure that is quintessentially American. This isn't Europe so please don't try to make it so. We like the model we have now, thank you very much. It encourages self-reliance and personal responsibility.

Higher density is not desirable and leads to an inevitable increase in socialism as when more people are packed in a given space, demand for gov't services necessarily goes up. If you want to live in a particular neighborhood, work hard and save money and one day you too may afford it. These structures also cause home values to plummet. I don't want them in my neighborhood, or anywhere else.

I don't want my neighbors cluttering up their back yards with these things and renting them out to low-class people who otherwise couldn't afford to live in my nice, clean, safe neighborhood. In the end, the main thing that's at stake are our personal property rights and liberty.

by JamesG on May 31, 2012 2:56 pm • link • report