GOD is in absolute control of absolutely everything all of the time.

Art,

Where I live we cannot build anything. It is a gated community with more rules than The Old Testament....

I love the rules as it keeps the neighbors in check.  

Kenny G

He cannot ride his bike home ? ?
Time to move.

Dave wrote on 05/27/16 at 04:26:12:

While I always had indoor plumbing, we sometimes didn't eat, and I've been homeless, that's about as poor as it gets
I'm still poor, and now don't have indoor plumbing   but I eat regular, so to me I'm doing good, but there is no way I could exist in a community where no DIYing was allowed as a homeowner (if you call a 16x8 travel trailer a home, and an HOA wouldn't) so I guess current finances are a determining factor
OTOH in a gated community that disallows more than 1 car in the driveway, you probably have a garage, so there's that, I'd love to have a garage one day, but it ain't gonna happen unless I wall in my carport to make it a barn  
All I have to do to see poverty is look out my windows

Well !       Could double as a nice place for a cook out party type situation.

Come Visit and we'll throw something on the Grill !!!  

And ride Tn. for a bit  ...  

with respect also, JC,  we were discussing growing up poor, and it wasn't me who claimed nobody grew up poorer than me, as that idea is demonstrably wrong
no one who has spent most of his life with a roof and some food is by any measure the poorest person in the world, there are people living in alleys and under bridges as we speak, as well as tarpaper shacks in muddy fields
Currently in the US an income of 20k is considered 'poverty level' for a 2 person household, the smallest household listed, and my income before taxes is around $27 k, so I do still qualify as 'poor' by any reasonable first world standard, but not nearly 'poorest of the poor' a status I never claimed, though i have been homeless and gone without food for days
I don't own the land yet, but will soon, so that's a definite improvement over a lot of the world's population
The land IS in an impoverished area though, I am buying this lot for less that 10k, (and it's not worth 1/2 that, according to the tax office)
the Shed will be a 'formal house' at an income of 27k, and an age of 49, I will never be able to afford what most folks would call a house
That's ok, the shed will be enough for a man going his own way, or maybe I'll go for a bigger one later
If I had any sort of an HOA I would be off this land tomorrow, and not by choice, and so would all of my neighbors
maybe that'll give a better understanding of why I said that, as someone who grew up poor I like being able to do my DIY projects, many people couldn't afford to live under such restrictions
Heck, if I hadn't been allowed to make my RV cover, my roof would be dripping on my head right now

Art ,

Just keep telling your self "Sugar Mom" , "Sugar Mom"  ,