Jen the Archaeologist
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DinoQueenJoules ૮꒰ ˶• ༝ •˶꒱ა ♡ :
I literally made up a fantasy law that homes were taxed by sq ft on the ground floor. To explain why wizard towers existed.
2024-08-29 00:33:17
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Smay2159 :
It’s not really a tax evasion reason, but I love Spite Houses 😂
2024-08-29 00:58:06
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envisionstudioresidential :
shotgun houses in Louisiana were also a tax evasion strategy
2025-03-20 01:47:17
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Shawna Leigh :
I love saltbox houses.
2024-10-30 05:38:00
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jennifermoreland53 :
Part 2
2025-11-17 23:38:41
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Ivy Epsilon :
There was one guy who couldn't get approved for some like shelter for his horses, so he installed a giant "table and chairs" as an "art installation" that his horses could happen to stand under.
2024-08-29 00:26:08
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InSimonated :
The Window Tax & subsequent bricking up of Windows is where the term 'Daylight Robbery' originated.
2024-08-29 07:53:28
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Jennifer Wolf :
I need more 💀
2024-09-22 21:48:58
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Hydrajen :
been to Peru? they pay property tax when buildings are finished, so...they leave the top 3rd or 4th stories unfinished lol
2024-08-29 02:49:20
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Barry D. Muir :
It was the opposite in my town. They taxed based on the number of doors, so the old mansions have giant windows that go out to the balconies.
2024-08-29 00:34:33
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Acee Dawn :
yes
2024-09-24 23:51:59
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Katie🏳️🌈🇨🇦 :
this is such malicious compliance 😂
2024-08-30 01:02:41
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Michelle Theresa :
Yes, I want a part 2
2024-11-09 05:11:24
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user1884956566586 :
Vietnamese street frontage
2024-09-16 02:49:01
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KitKatWolf :
that is amazing
2024-10-07 11:46:12
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Jay Nat 1998🇺🇸🤠 :
My cousin had a 6 bedroom shed in Portland Oregon. It had no kitchen so it was not taxable as a house, he cooked in an RV that parked inside the 'shed'
2024-08-29 19:25:00
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Mx. Alba :
Another example: Amsterdam taxed homes based on their width. Result: very slim and tall homes!
2024-10-29 12:49:40
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Lolo Shinghouz :
mansardes in France Is before french révolution. it comes from the architect Mansard who built Versailles a century before. (the logic of tax evasion Is older)
2024-11-06 00:14:24
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Hanna’s Abroad Life :
Oh yeah. In Romania they did this with chicken coops and such so they wouldn’t get charged tax for birds on the grounds
2024-08-29 21:32:53
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Alex VanNess :
So much architecture is influenced by people skirting taxes and I love it.
2024-08-30 20:10:58
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Kerli :
This is not really architectural but I believe in some countries people live in half built houses for the same reason. Apartment buildings that look in construction but people already live in.
2024-09-26 06:08:47
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ArchiLover :
Wait these were actually smart 😏
2025-02-21 04:19:26
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🍑sarahinsavannah✌️ :
in antebellum savannah they taxed on doors. so many homes had full sized windows leading to porches.
2024-10-20 11:27:58
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ElHombreQueRie :
The Amsterdam houses are a good example, it was taxes based on the width, so they created narrow and tall houses, resulting on the infamous dutch stairs.
2024-09-23 19:09:10
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box :
In Vancouver Canada many houses have the ground floor 18 inches below ground level, because at the time they were built that made it legally a basement which didn't count towards the square footage.
2024-11-13 04:17:51
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