Valid point, ultimately we live on a line between individual freedoms and societal benefit.

One is not good for the other. On one hand, I pay taxes on my property and everything I buy, that's a negative to my individual freedom of owning my land myself. However society wins because I won't voluntarily pay my fair share for the roads otherwise.

In this case, it's a shot at this guy's individual freedom, but because the city has deemed this as a high enough societal benefit that it outweighs the individual freedoms this man has to this land.

We absolutely disagree, and that's okay. This is the dialogue that is absolutely necessary so that the government doesn't steamroll everyone into submission. In this case I think it's justified, but I wouldn't say it is in every case.

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For years large community Nixa, Clever, Republic.... You work with "them" everyday

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Didn't know that was a thing, but I'll ask my wives and see if they've heard of any around here!

A woman I know has two men. Kids with both. One is the public husband because he is responsible for carrying insurance for the kids. One is a closet husband. He isn’t even allowed to be in family photos with his own child. They won’t take their kids to the doctor. They don’t properly care for them. It’s disgusting.

I just re-watched that episode too!

I served on jury duty last year with a guy who had two wives and wore two wedding bands. He was so interesting but I didn’t get a chance to talk to him more.

I’m intrigued to learn more but I don’t want to be disrespectful of how people live their lives.

Ah. I don't know any local groups for those. Hopefully someone can chime in here. I really only know nerd stuff.

Yes I know it's all for the greater good but I personally think it's wrong to ultimately push a man out of his business and force him to sell his property.

Also, there are are vast differences in the religious concept of polygamy and the orientation of polyamory or the many other forms of non-monogamy

Hey man, take a walk on the wild side

The city doesn't deem the value. A third party appraiser does.

In my opinion that building, in that condition, in that location, as it is, is worth maybe $200k tops. I don't know what the appraiser valued it at but the building isn't worth much at all.

Sounds exhausting...

Nothing, people just think any use of eminent domain is the gubment taking their land.

I'm all for the little guy in some eminent domain cases. But honestly this was just a guy running a haunted house 1 out of 12 months a year. The building is basically boarded up because of that, and closed the rest of the year.

The place looks like shit and having a rough looking haunted house in the middle of the future park would be stupid.

Funny thing is the guys other buildings he owns down there street are in much worse shape than the hotel of terror.

Mind you he bought them shitty, he just hasn't ever done anything to clean any of them up.

If you ask me, he bought them cheap ( I know that for a fact), and my speculation is that he holds onto them long enough to turn a nice profit.

The Fundamentalist group (Warren Jeffs group) is located up in Stockton. The Mormon population in Springfield is different from them.

We have lots of folks on the local discord that are parents and/or in to nature things like hiking or going to the nature center. Feel free to check it out if you like!

I know of some people on the local discord server that are in poly relationships, so I imagine they are more common than people would imagine.

I've worked with a couple people that were into it. To each their own! Too much work for me.

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It's about time. The last time they were here, I could only offord half of the vasectomy. Now I can afford to get the other half done.

I haven't stopped to ask everyone in town so I just consider it their own business.

There is a large Mormon population in and around Springfield so it wouldn’t be surprising to find that some are fundamentalist.

Hi! I’m not a mom, but I’m trying to be! I’m 20, about to be 21. I’d love to be friends based off what you’ve said about being into nature stuff 💗 seems like we’d get along great!

I actually worked with him for a brief period. Interesting guy.