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Purple doors
WHY SHOULDN’T a man be able to paint his house purple if he wants to? Why shouldn’t a man do what he wants to with his land?
Why should some governmental agency — whether local or national — make what, historically, have been individual decisions for Americans?
Agonizing questions, and despite the spread of zoning ordinances, the proliferation of plans and planning departments, subdivision controls, site plan controls, and all the rest, the questions still get asked. Frequently.
The answers aren’t as easy as some of the planning advocates would have you believe. But they’re compelling, nevertheless, and until America moves a generation or two farther away from its pioneering past, the answers will have to be explained over and again.
It might suit you just fine to paint your house purple, but what about your neighbor? What about all of the neighbors on your block? What about the residents of the entire town where you live? Are you really so selfish and so childishly bent on “doing your own thing” that the wishes of your friends (they might not remain friends for long) and neighbors are of no consequence?
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