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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
Y'know what's fascinating - that people who don't live in neighborhoods with these things, are OBSESSED about worrying about neighborhoods they THINK have these things.
Here's a clue: I haven't seen a -single- one of these "bent over" yard decorations in my neighborhood, in the three and a half years I've been living in it.
We're *allowed* to have them in my neighborhood. And yet - no one has them.
But some folks here sure are obsessed about it. Maybe they need to find a new hobby. Like - painting bent-over yard decorations to sell to the masses of imaginary people who want them in the imaginary yards of their imaginary neighborhoods.
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I agree. When I think of lawn ornaments that would trigger a complaint, I think of something like the ornaments pictured in my attachment from post #268, not two bronze sand cranes in a well manicured landscape bed.
Somewhere along the way it was decided that to avoid one, we had to disallow any. I think it's a shame. On the other hand, one man's bird is another man's bent over lady tending flowers with her bloomers showing.
And therein lies the rub. Without the trolls we can have the esthetically popular and pleasing to the neighborhood nicely appointed enhancement, without the ugly ****. A sensible application of the covenants we've agreed to, rather than a strict adherence to the letter of the law allows one, and prevents the other.
It is unfortunate that we have so many "letter of the law" devotees who can't see that.