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No-Tomorrow1576 t1_irnhs1x wrote

Reply to comment by RetiscentSun in Come On Leaf Peepers....You Can Do Better. by mcnut14

But, what happened to common courtesy? Knock on a door, ask the owner if you can take photos of their house or on their property!!

edited for wrong word (fat fingered)

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deadowl t1_iro8bbs wrote

There are pictures of me and my car in a lot of places on Google Street View. Tax assessor's offices often have photographs of homes not always taken with the owner's consent. So on and so forth. And yep, this place sure has been photographed a gazillion times over, to the extent of being a fucking meme. Used to belong to Joe Perry of Aerosmith.

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No-Tomorrow1576 t1_irocauj wrote

But tax assessors are supposed to take photos of a building (I guess) all I’m saying is (if the owners don’t want the house to be photographed) what happier to common courtesy, in asking the owners if the ppl can be photographed in front of their house.. It’s common sense and common courtesy

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deadowl t1_iroeqag wrote

They're not wrong that it is a frequently photographed location. It's also historically notable because a former owner has their own Wikipedia article. This doesn't sound like someone walking into the backyard.

The house I grew up in was the only one on a certain stretch of road, then it got subdivided and a new house was built. The new neighbors (not even the original new neighbors, or the second new neighbors) got all NIMBY and filed a noise complaint because we were having a bonfire, in the backyard, with a fire permit. Police determined that the noise level didn't justify a complaint. Taking a photo from a public vantage point where people have done so for years? Did they get misled by the real estate agent? Or did they fail to recognize the property's prominence among tourists and photographers otherwise? Taking photographs from a public vantage point of a picturesque location isn't illegal.

There was also a travel magazine article on this farm's history noting how frequently photographed it is last month: https://newengland.com/today/travel/vermont/the-history-of-sleepy-hollow-farm/. This is a case of rich people expecting the world to revolve around them.

Imagine if that guy in Westford didn't expect people to stop and take photos of that illuminated bird sculpture.

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