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Antnee83 t1_jdzwio9 wrote

Reply to comment by Squidworth89 in Land covenants by Lfcfan2187

I'll answer you in earnest, because I get why this is not intuitive.

Say you have 20 acres, and you want to split off an acre and sell it to someone else. But you don't want that "someone else" to be... I dunno, a pig farmer. (Because pig farms stink)

You can put a (reasonable, legal) restriction on the deed. "No pigs allowed." So even if someone buys that land, they cannot break that deed restriction and set up a pig farm.

If they do, it's off to court you go, where you will most assuredly win.

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Sufficient_Risk1684 t1_jdzw79s wrote

That's an interesting question since it's now a constitutional right. Deed restriction have been tossed before on constitutional violations, ( race and religious restrictions)

I'm not sure any litigation at all has been settled over that amendment yet, as it's broad and vague. The only case I've seen is over Sunday hunting.

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Antnee83 t1_jdzw3rk wrote

Reply to comment by Guygan in Land covenants by Lfcfan2187

I've been down that path myself.

Each municipality can have it's own rules, and typically if they don't spell it out, they refer to state code which is incredibly vague.

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hike_me t1_jdzw06z wrote

Reply to comment by Soccermom233 in Maine Maple Failure. by JqD2_

My brother in law used to be like that. He claimed he “didn’t like organic food”.

Dude, it’s a fucking carrot. If I didn’t tell you it was organic then you’d eat it without complaint.

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Soccermom233 t1_jdzv1vk wrote

Reply to comment by hike_me in Maine Maple Failure. by JqD2_

Follow-up story:

Used to work on an organic farm. My parents came to visit and the farm had a supper/potluck for employees, friends and family. My dad refused to eat anything there and after he left he immediately went to McDonald's.

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Due-Set5398 t1_jdztdkh wrote

Bangor metal people seem cool. I suspect you can meet them at the occasional shows at Queen City Cinema. But I’m from Southern Maine so I don’t really know. Manic Abraxas and Holy Filth are good Bangor metal bands.

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Doc_coletti t1_jdzrrou wrote

I played banjo at a party once and like 4 people asked me if I wanted to play out with them. So i think luck and networking in person at events plays a big part of it, but who knows. It’s harder in Maine than most places, I’m in friendship and so far away from everybody mostly.

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