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Originally Posted by VO #23
Why are people defending a deadbeat property owner? Because it's his/her private property and thus they can let it sit derelict if they want? Y'all do know that property rights aren't constitutionally-protected in Canada, right?
I can't wait to read all the "OMG MY PUNK NEIGHBOURS DON'T EVER CUT THEIR GRASS!" threads in about three weeks, dripping in irony. I'll bet dollars to doughnuts it's the same people complaining about the potato-growers in this thread.
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I'm not sure if you've been following along or read the article, but the individual lot owner has barely entered the conversation. All that's really been said is they should have been asked permission first.
Unless I missed something nobody has come out and said an owner should be allowed to keep a vacant lot in poor condition indefinitely. I think most people would agree there should be limits on what condition a lot should be kept in (nobody wants a scrap yard of rusted appliances/cars next door) and I think many would agree that a garden is a better use of the space than leaving it vacant. But we also wouldn't much care if one off our neighbors decided that our parking pad was arbitrarily converted to a garden without our permission.