Sirhc978 t1_jajblzc wrote
Reply to comment by GraniteGeekNH in In Kidderville, New Hampshire, there's a law against hanging lingerie on a clothesline near an airport" -- any truth to this? by Outrageous-Door8924
>But in general, maps of "interesting facts" found online are complete and utter hogwash.
Not necessarily. There are tons of "weird" laws on the books from a century or more ago that made sense at the time. They are just not enforced anymore and there is no political motivation to spend the effort to remove them.
GraniteGeekNH t1_jajzih8 wrote
Nonetheless, you should assume that any unsourced collection of "interesting facts" is total BS clickbait until proven otherwise.
The default is that they're crap. The default is almost always correct.
IBlazeMyOwnPath t1_jalh43z wrote
Isn’t how it usually works is the law doesn’t actually say “x is illegal” but these “strange laws” reports take the actual law and twist the wording in such a way that they are technically correct
Like, idk maybe there’s some decency statute still on the books that would apply to the stated scenario l, but it’s not actually that specific
GRADIUSIC_CYBER t1_jang18k wrote
except for the night time seaweed harvesting ban, that one is real
bonanzapineapple t1_jal1ur2 wrote
Sure but unlike in VT, villages in NH are not incorporated as legal entities and have no power. So Colebrook could have a law on this but Kidder ville specifically could not
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