▲ 490 ▼ People Are Okay With Wind & Solar Installations In Their Neighborhoods, Studies Say (cleantechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world 70 comments fedilink hide all child comments People Are Okay With Wind & Solar Installations In Their Neighborhoods, Studies Say::More neighborhoods than ever are accepting the role of solar and wind power installations near their homes and towns.
[–] bappity@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) HOAs existing should be illegal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) They make sense in communities with shared facilities (pool, playgrounds, walls, roofs, or whatever) and common areas so that everyone helps maintain things. The list of what they get away with should be really, super limited though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bappity@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (1 child) in concept they make sense but 99.999999% of the time people use them as a way to power trip permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bappity@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) it's like what happened with communism seems like it'd work in concept but the people fuck it up permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ciko22i3@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago that's why it will never work permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) What a strange take, how do you organize or run the community without it? Everyone just does whatever without any coordination or some other type of model? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sybilvane@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) You can have municipal regulations and be free to decide what to do with your own property aside from that. Most of the world does it and things work just fine, with the added benefit of no HOA troubles. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Municipal regulations affecting very small level stuff like that might become a huge clusterfuck. In Finland HOA type stuff is usually seen as good because it gives the option for people to decide stuff about their own immediate area or even just their own apartment building (so more local democracy) and it's easier to organize a lot of stuff closer to people. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) They make sense in communities with shared facilities (pool, playgrounds, walls, roofs, or whatever) and common areas so that everyone helps maintain things. The list of what they get away with should be really, super limited though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bappity@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (1 child) in concept they make sense but 99.999999% of the time people use them as a way to power trip permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bappity@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) it's like what happened with communism seems like it'd work in concept but the people fuck it up permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ciko22i3@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago that's why it will never work permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bappity@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (1 child) in concept they make sense but 99.999999% of the time people use them as a way to power trip permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bappity@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) it's like what happened with communism seems like it'd work in concept but the people fuck it up permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ciko22i3@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago that's why it will never work permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bappity@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) it's like what happened with communism seems like it'd work in concept but the people fuck it up permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ciko22i3@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago that's why it will never work permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ciko22i3@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago that's why it will never work permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) What a strange take, how do you organize or run the community without it? Everyone just does whatever without any coordination or some other type of model? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sybilvane@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) You can have municipal regulations and be free to decide what to do with your own property aside from that. Most of the world does it and things work just fine, with the added benefit of no HOA troubles. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Municipal regulations affecting very small level stuff like that might become a huge clusterfuck. In Finland HOA type stuff is usually seen as good because it gives the option for people to decide stuff about their own immediate area or even just their own apartment building (so more local democracy) and it's easier to organize a lot of stuff closer to people. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sybilvane@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) You can have municipal regulations and be free to decide what to do with your own property aside from that. Most of the world does it and things work just fine, with the added benefit of no HOA troubles. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Municipal regulations affecting very small level stuff like that might become a huge clusterfuck. In Finland HOA type stuff is usually seen as good because it gives the option for people to decide stuff about their own immediate area or even just their own apartment building (so more local democracy) and it's easier to organize a lot of stuff closer to people. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Municipal regulations affecting very small level stuff like that might become a huge clusterfuck. In Finland HOA type stuff is usually seen as good because it gives the option for people to decide stuff about their own immediate area or even just their own apartment building (so more local democracy) and it's easier to organize a lot of stuff closer to people. permalink fedilink source parent