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[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Walking very close to someone's home is also illegal with the right to roam. The right to roam just gives everyone the right to walk were they want except in someone's garden. You can also camp anywhere (gardens excluded of course) for a day (or two can't remember) without asking anyone for permission.

One kinda surprising thing is that everyone is allowed to enter fenced animal pastures, provided that they aren't malicious and that they close the gate.

It's an amazing right that should exist in the entire world.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You don't seem to understand that my house, my town, and the majority of my state, are massive amounts of public forest. I have every right to wander and camp, as long as I'm not squatting (which is it's own mess of an issue where what counts "permanently inhabiting" an area), anywhere in that public forest.

Why would my state govt have any reason to enshrine a right that would just make more people trespass because they don't understand the law? Those that follow that law would then have nothing change.

This is why I say it's a states' issue. This won't be the same across the entire US.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Trespassing isn't really an issue here so why would it be an issue there?

If it's legal now, then passing a law country wide would be no issue.

I am just of the opinion that this should be right everywhere regardless of where you live in the world.

Btw, I am just curious, is it rare in the USA to see berry and mushroom pickers? That's included in the rights so we do have a lot of them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There are people who harvest wild food, yes. I think you need to understand that just our national forests are almost twice the size of the entirety of Sweden. Then there are state forests, national parks, and state parks. Texas alone is 50% larger than Sweden, and Alaska is 3x larger than Texas.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sizes don't matter.

I don't get why you are so against it when it apparently wouldn't change anything because you have so much land anyways.

Just give everyone the freedom to walk wherever they want. It doesn't hurt anyone.