The laws are pretty much the same in all 50 States. Minor things which vary are stuff like drinking ages, speed limits, helmet laws for motorcyclists, and it's the responsibility of an out of State visitor to know the laws of the State he is entering. Speed limits are easy, they are posted. Age of drinking or cigarettes are posted in stores and bars. A biker needs to research if the State he's motoring in is a helmet State, but it's pretty easy to tell when you're the only one without a helmet on so you don it quickly as most touring riders carry one even if they dont use it all the time.
Each locality has it's own building authority, that issues permits, conducts 'compliance" inspections, and issues certificates of occupancy. When yo go to take out your permit, you meet the local authority, find out which code they observe, and then get your own copy of the book. It's part of being a true professional. (I used to coordinate office construction in hi-rise office buildings for a guy who owned and leased commercial property in 26 states)
There are about a half dozen regional building codes, which cities tend to adopt based upon which they prefer, then they have their subtle additions that apply only to their locality.
You're taking this whole 'quantity' thing the wrong way. Actually having this greater number of jurisdictions is an opportunity, not a problem. For instance when i grew up, my state had a 21 drinking age, and no alcohol sales on Sunday. Ohio, on the other hand, only 25 miles away, had a drinking age of 18 and allowed sale of 3.2 beer on Sundays. So, there was a whole cottage industry of nightclubs opened just on the Ohio side of the state line, built JUST to cater to thirsty Hoosiers willing to drive then drink.
Guess where WE went on Sundays, as soon as we were old enough to drive?
Hmmm... I can see where the diversity aspect comes into play. `:|
All very good points. Each state essentially becomes an "experimental space". One could conclude that the number of people living under the rules of that state form a sort of unspoken "vote" in support of the laws of that state. The country then forms a histogram showing which laws are most popular.
Yeah, it's looking like curtains for this site. We just don't have enough new things to talk about. The CPUmag forum kinda got boring after some of the regulars, like Freddy, were pushed out because they became flakey. I know that he had a car accident and was on some heavy drugs for quite a while. I guess nobody cared about that and they would correct his mistakes - way too much, if you ask me. But, it's the way these blogs come and go. If we have something to do, like help newbies fix their computers, we'd get another crowd. There's no way we can do it without some kind of marketing. So ...
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There are about a half dozen regional building codes, which cities tend to adopt based upon which they prefer, then they have their subtle additions that apply only to their locality.
You're taking this whole 'quantity' thing the wrong way. Actually having this greater number of jurisdictions is an opportunity, not a problem. For instance when i grew up, my state had a 21 drinking age, and no alcohol sales on Sunday. Ohio, on the other hand, only 25 miles away, had a drinking age of 18 and allowed sale of 3.2 beer on Sundays. So, there was a whole cottage industry of nightclubs opened just on the Ohio side of the state line, built JUST to cater to thirsty Hoosiers willing to drive then drink.
Guess where WE went on Sundays, as soon as we were old enough to drive?
All very good points. Each state essentially becomes an "experimental space". One could conclude that the number of people living under the rules of that state form a sort of unspoken "vote" in support of the laws of that state. The country then forms a histogram showing which laws are most popular.
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were pushed out because they became flakey. I know that he had a car accident and was on some heavy drugs for quite a while. I guess nobody cared about that and they would correct
his mistakes - way too much, if you ask me. But, it's the way these blogs come and go. If we have something to do, like help newbies fix their computers, we'd get another crowd.
There's no way we can do it without some kind of marketing. So ...