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I'd see houses in South Africa with concertina wires surrounding houses on tall fences, to deter crime.
Yet, even in the highest-crime areas in America, I've never seen tall fences with concertina wires on top surrounding homes, but I've seen them with businesses.
I'd see houses in South Africa with concertina wires surrounding houses on tall fences, to deter crime.
Yet, even in the highest-crime areas in America, I've never seen tall fences with concertina wires on top surrounding homes, but I've seen them with businesses.
Why is it that?
Most cities have codes against stuff like that for residential properties. They look hideous.
It's all about looks, and not about substance (i.e, deterring crime). The U.S. is shallow like that.
And also against individual rights.
It would be nice to be able to do whatever you want with YOUR property (within reason), but the control freaks have to butt in.
In my area, where fence height is mentioned in the rules and regs, it actually says a reason that you cannot have a front fence higher than 3' is so the police can easily see into your front yard!
It is also because we don't want young children playing to accidentally get sliced up, or birds to injure their feet by landing on the wire. That kind of thing.
I've heard a lot of complaints about local zoning ordinances and overly restrictive HOA's... but "They won't let me put up razor wire!" has never been one of them, yet!
FWIW, as a related issue... Around here, since the legalization of marijuana and the development of zoning and permitting requirements for growers and processors, the complaint about them in rural areas IS the high security fencing required around them, and how it does not fit in with rural agricultural and residential aesthetic. People don't like the fences.
FWIW, as a related issue... Around here, since the legalization of marijuana and the development of zoning and permitting requirements for growers and processors, the complaint about them in rural areas IS the high security fencing required around them, and how it does not fit in with rural agricultural and residential aesthetic. People don't like the fences.
We do not want our children to get into the devil's lettuce..
I recently saw one home’s fence that had razor wire on top of it. I thought it was illegal for residences, in most places, but I am not sure.
In my county, which is agricultural and rural, even if razor wire is allowed, it is probably frowned on as (a) not necessary and (b) dangerous for deer or other wildlife. The standard spacing for barbed wire fence allows a fawn to crawl under the lowest strand—which might be plain wire instead of barbed—and the space between other strands allows birds to fly through. The cattle do not seem to either jump these fences or crawl under, so the main purpose is still achieved.
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