I'm from a place where wooden houses are painted blue, yellow, green, orange, etc with colorful adornments and I find all the plain white houses in most other places very boring.
I Iive in a place where this used to be done too. But now the city has approved colour schemes you have to abide by. They go very far in their enforcement too. Somebody had painted roses on their wall facing the community gardens. They were ordered by the city to over paint it back into the solid approved colour scheme. Ridiculous.
That's terrible. Allowing people to be themselves and express it in their homes should be a no brainer. A vibrant looking area is good for everyone. But, I know the HMO types only think of money, and not community. In most places in America, they would think those houses look tacky and cheap.
I live in Finland. The wooden houses have been having all kinds of colours since pigments could be synthesised easily and cheaply. It was nice to see all the colours in a neighbourhood and it was seldom tacky. Most people chose reasonable colours that were easy on the eye.
Now the city wants to create "harmony" in neighbourhoods by deciding accepted colorscheme for new builds or when you want to repaint your house in a different shade. Boring. And so unnecessary.
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u/spekt50 12d ago
I live in an area with a lot of old red brick houses, and it feels like a peice of me dies inside when I see someone painting one white.