In Elkhart Indiana, a new law limits residents to holding only one garage sale per month. The garage sales had grown ever-present as people struggle to make ends meet during tough times, and, apparently, bothered some people. [NYT] (Photo: Todd Kravos)
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by the title, i thought it meant only 1 garage sale city-wide per month.
but one garage sale per household each month? that’s perfectly acceptable! number of yard sales in the past 8 years: 0 (unless you count my grandfather’s estate sale, then it’s 1)
Garage sales in my area are out of control. This is a good idea.
There was one moron next door who had a garage sale every weekend for a month. I had to call code enforcement to get it to stop.
Hmmhemmmhmmm these people are from a small inbreed town of Republicans hmmhemmm they are not enlightened as us Liberals in Chicago’s North side and the Mecca of our illustrious Democratic Party San Francisco HMMhmefhhmm These savage Republicans are so vile and tainted hopefully when our Lord Obama becomes President the great purge will begin and we will force people like this into camps and we will make the Obama Youth programs our great teacher Unions have started mandatory so everyone can be enlightened.
Now if you excuse me, I have you excuse me I have to go get in my Hybrid so I can get my latte seeing we have a flag burning to go too some US recruiters think they can recruit in our schools, baby killers. Praise be to Howard Dean and our Party and hopefully the new Democratic Party in Indiana which just recently took hold will spread our great values onto the unclean masses so soon we can be like our European Masters, gas prices and all. J
@Pious_Augustus: That is a SOY latte right?
I used to complain to code enforcement about the people setting up yard sales along every vacant lot, roadside and old house in my neighborhood every single weekend, selling stereos that just fell off a truck, etc. but oddly enough, the city code enforcement officer working M-F 9-5 could not verify my complaint.
The funniest example was the old guy who bought my mountain bike to tool around town while trying to sell his new Medicaid-financed power scooter every weekend.
I really don’t blame this place.
In our area we have people that hold WEEKLY ” garage sales ” and basically its a way to run a business out of your home and devalue my property because I’m beside a business and not in a truly residential neighborhood.
That lady in the original article said a ‘colored president’. Wow. And again, I don’t see how I should feel bad because someone lost their job (that I can sympathize with) and the fact that they have like seven kids…also, isn’t it ironic that they are smoking outside the unemployment office talking about money issues? How about quitting smoking and saving that 120 a month for rent, etc?
We have similar laws here…and they are regularly ignored. We had one lady down the street that made ceramic figurines by the hundreds and had them out every friday/saturday trying to sell them as well as the rest of the junk around her house. Traffic was always bad, people would park in front of my driveway, blocking me in or out and were just absolutely rude if you asked them to move. The city finally told her (after multiple warnings) to shut it down or she would have to apply for a city license and a zoning exception.
Elkhart! Near my old college stompin’ grounds… Yeeech.
I’m starting to see a lot more yard sales in my neighborhood. Personally I don’t care. They can sell whatever they want if they can actually find someone who isn’t in the same boat. I don’t get the whole “it’s an eyesore!” argument or whatever it is.
Of course there’s some things, though, that I think people need to find out about Craigslist or eBay or something, though.