Help needed

[Ian Price]

Hello all - I was watching a documentary recently about an American town. It was a pretty strange place where everyone who lived there had to go through an application process and then live by a set of rules i.e. grass can be no longer than 5cm, window blinds could only be white, plants had to be kept in good shape etc.

The help I need is remembering what the name of the place is - something like Paradise.

Anyone know?

Cheers,

Ian.
PS I'm not looking at moving there - just intrigued enough to look it up on the interweb!

[Ian Price]

Just remembered. The town is called Celebration. Just came to me for some reason.

[Jonny]

Sounds $%&#ed up.

[Ian Price]

Sounds $%&#ed up.

Just had a quick read of some of the rules etc.........

When homeowners move into Celebration, they sign an agreement called the Declaration of Covenants. This title for a homeowner's agreement echoes the language of the covenant that other utopian communities like the Shakers adopted to describe the shared values that brought them together, and is further evidence of the special status that Celebration assigns itself. The Declaration lists the rules by which residents must abide. These rules range from the predictable to the frightening. For example, it dictates the length of time that you can display, as well as the size of, political signs during an election period, and limits the number of signs to one. Yard sales are limited to one per year, and cars cannot be parked in an individual's driveway for more than 24 consecutive hours, but must be stowed in the garage, so that they cannot be seen from the street. If the Celebration Board, which again is made up of unelected officials, receives complaints from other homeowners about a resident's pet, they can remove the pet from the community without the owner's permission. The agreement bars more than two people from occupying a single bedroom.

[noodleplugerine]

Sounds $%&#ed up.

Just had a quick read of some of the rules etc.........

When homeowners move into Celebration, they sign an agreement called the Declaration of Covenants. This title for a homeowner's agreement echoes the language of the covenant that other utopian communities like the Shakers adopted to describe the shared values that brought them together, and is further evidence of the special status that Celebration assigns itself. The Declaration lists the rules by which residents must abide. These rules range from the predictable to the frightening. For example, it dictates the length of time that you can display, as well as the size of, political signs during an election period, and limits the number of signs to one. Yard sales are limited to one per year, and cars cannot be parked in an individual's driveway for more than 24 consecutive hours, but must be stowed in the garage, so that they cannot be seen from the street. If the Celebration Board, which again is made up of unelected officials, receives complaints from other homeowners about a resident's pet, they can remove the pet from the community without the owner's permission. The agreement bars more than two people from occupying a single bedroom.

Lmao. That's insane.

[Lazy_McDoesnothing]

They can "remove" your pet without your permission!?  WTF!  And what if a couple just had a baby and keeps the crib in their room to keep the baby close by?  Does the baby get removed too?

[Johnny Mac]

What would happen if you cranked up your 100w valve full stack and went mental for a few hours a day?!!  :D

[Simon D]

What would happen if you cranked up your 100w valve full stack and went mental for a few hours a day?!!  :D

I would guess the fun police would come around and simply shoot you.

[ailean]

What would happen if you cranked up your 100w valve full stack and went mental for a few hours a day?!!  :D

What makes you think you'd get a full stack over the town limits? They probably have airport type security on every road :)