Same reason Howl’s castle moves.
Why didn't *I* think of that?
Submitted 2 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to memes@sopuli.xyz
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Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 months ago
Agent641@lemmy.world 2 months ago
And those cities in that one movie
mannycalavera@feddit.uk 2 months ago
You wouldn’t think it from that gloomy picture but Ambleside is a really nice town. Top visit!
Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I assumed that was just how the UK looked most of the time.
mannycalavera@feddit.uk 2 months ago
There is the occasional day or two a year where the sun has been observed…
Mantelmann@feddit.org 2 months ago
Can confirm, incredibly lovely place to exist in and go hiking. And when I was there recently, every day except the first one was incredibly bright and sunny; I almost felt robbed of the essential british experience.
cute_noker@feddit.dk 2 months ago
So… Did it work? Asking for a friend
Aux@feddit.uk 2 months ago
There were loads of bridge houses in the UK.
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 2 months ago
Not that this is one, but the medieval bridges with houses either side of the street would probably look super cool these days :3
Kornblumenratte@feddit.org 2 months ago
They would look super cool? They do look super cool!
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 2 months ago
True :3… I just wasn’t aware of any that weren’t demolished x3
umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
[deleted]ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
No property tax on a boat but property tax on my '94 Corolla? What kinda damn bullshit…
bob_lemon@feddit.org 2 months ago
Not quite. Boats need to be registered with the environmental agency, there’s mooring fees, and licenses from the canals and rivers trust (the is the UK after all), and probably some more I haven’t found yet.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 months ago
cruisingthecut.co.uk/…/council-tax-for-canal-boat…
No council tax, but instead pay roughly the same amount each year to the Canal & River Trust or other water authorities.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I actually like seeing people live versions of my dream, cuz at least somebody is lol.
Shou@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This ^
Honestly. Jelousy is one thing, seeking to destroy someone out of it is another. It’e better to become friends, and see if you can learn something from them. Or perhaps network for luck.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This is why very old houses in Louisiana had no closets - your property tax was assessed on the basis of how many closets you had. Also, they liked spelling “armoire”.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 months ago
In many places it was based on the number of windows, or on the width of the street facing façade… leading to odd styles of construction. It’s been a game of cat and mouse for quite some time.
kitnaht@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Someone explain to me how this tax loophole works…I need to know.
TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 2 months ago
Pro tip: build your house in an alternate dimension, and no one will make you pay taxes; although the commute is somewhat inconvenient.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 months ago
A Douglas Adams tier comment. Congratulations.
KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Looks like no land tax because the house is not on land. The river undoubtedly is town/city property, so taxation of the land wouldn’t work.
kitnaht@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Ah, so this is why all land in the US extends to a body of water center.
lugal@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Guess the river is the boarder between different tax systems so on the bridge you avoid both. Hard to implement in the modern day I guess
Ferrous@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
I’ll give my shiniest nickel to whoever can tell me if and when a land tax started being enforced.
bstix@feddit.dk 2 months ago
Give your nickel to Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Property_tax
Tl;dr: 6000 BCE in ancient Iraq. It predates money, so they’d pay in whatever they used the land for.
bigFab@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Beautiful
sirico@feddit.uk 2 months ago
London bridge used to be a big version of this
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SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Before it fell down?
tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Before it burned
copd@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You guys should try visiting Florence, Italy.
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wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
The bridge town is pretty cool, until the Tenosians show up and throw the nobles off of it.
~Reference ~
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
As if nobles can’t be thrown off of their castles and spires on land too. At least maybe that way they can try and dive, try that in Scotland on a huge…tract of land!
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It was very common to build on bridges in European cities. Seeing the river was rare. There are a few subsisting examples, but most houses are gone.