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BBC NEWS: Local concerns over Indian utopia: "Auroville sounds like a throwback to the 60s, advocating no rules and leaders and promising peace and harmony, but Rachel Wright hears claims of exploitation and abuse at the southern Indian community."
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Utopia never turns out to be as utopian as advertised.

Great Wall of Fleetwood: Man builds 16ft garden wall in protest at neighbour's sun terrace ... and now it's a tourist attraction | Mail Online

Great Wall of Fleetwood: Man builds 16ft garden wall in protest at neighbour's sun terrace ... and now it's a tourist attraction | Mail Online: "After spending two months building a sun terrace on the kitchen roof of their seaside home, Dennis and Sandra Hawes settled down to enjoy the view. But not for long. Next-door neighbour Charles Hart was disgruntled that he was not consulted about the terrace, which overlooked his garden. So he decided to exact revenge - and built what is known locally as the Great Wall of Fleetwood. The view from the terrace is now obstructed by a barrier 16ft high and 26ft long between the properties in the Lancashire former fishing port. The wall has caused so much controversy that it has even become a tourist attraction, with taxi drivers pointing it out to their passengers."
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Complete with photo of very high wall and very ticked off man.

Another HOA in decline?

News: Lawsuit pitting homeowners against subdivision manager | homeowners, kanan, plantation : TheMonitor.com: "The upscale gated community has fallen on hard times since its heady beginnings in the 1980s as a country club subdivision with streets named for characters and places in Gone with the Wind.

At the back, decrepit trailers and garden-sized shacks house families, and pricier houses are surrounded by tall weeds."
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Fred Pilot sent this link about another HOA that seems to be in decline.

Canton Council proposes jail time for tall grass

Canton Council proposes jail time for tall grass: "For residents tired of that overgrown lot that resembles a minijungle next door, the city wants to help by trying to put high-grass violators behind bars.

City Council wants to beef up its existing high-grass and weeds law by making a second offense a fourth-degree misdemeanor, which is punishable by a fine of up to $250 and up to 30 days in jail."
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I guess the HOAs and condo associations may as well surrender. They can't top this.