Freedom to Roam
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Freedom to Roam
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#2I like this idea theoretically but I wouldn’t want a random person camping on my 20 acres.
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#3I like this idea theoretically but I wouldn’t want a random person camping on my 20 acres.
Why?
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#4I remember when I first learned about it while planning a hiking trip to Sweden. The idea that you can wander through forests, across fields, and along rivers without worrying about trespassing was quite liberating. I ended up exploring some stunning landscapes that I wouldn't have discovered otherwise. I wish more places adopted this approach, it would make outdoor activities more accessible for everyone.
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#5We need that freedom. I would also say that we also need education on how to use that freedom, how to not leave a mess behind, how to preserve those places for others.
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#8I remember when I first learned about it while planning a hiking trip to Sweden. The idea that you can wander through forests, across fields, and along rivers without worrying about trespassing was quite liberating. I ended up exploring some stunning landscapes that I wouldn't have discovered otherwise. I wish more places adopted this approach, it would make outdoor activities more accessible for everyone.
I'm from Norway. In Sweden it's so important it's part of their constitution. In Norway it's so important it was one of (the?) last parts of Norwegian law to be codified - it was considered so self evident courts took it into account despite Norway not using a common law system.
Very different approaches, but both coming from the feeling you quickly get that you can not be truly free if you're surrounded by fenced off land once you're used to it.
The other effect is that there is - ironically in a country with extremely high government ownership of other things - less pressure in the government to own land.
We don't need national parks (we still have some) to make land accessible to the public, because it all is.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why?
Because in practice people don't clean up after themselves, especially in public places.
In practice people are pretty good at it when you create a culture where it is ingrained. Not sure about Sweden, but in Norway how to handle the freedom to roam is taught from primary school on, and while the camping is legal, not tidying up isn't.
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#10I like this idea theoretically but I wouldn’t want a random person camping on my 20 acres.
Why?
My guess is because OP, like the rest of us Americans, are taught to avoid thinking too deeply about how "freedom" and "property" tend to collide in very uncomfortable ways, but pine for both.