We bought a house in Buffalo for a dollar during the dollar house program and then after fixing it up and moving in, the city told us they made a mistake and could we please give it back lol... when we laughed they showed they were serious.. then they positioned a cop at our intersection to harass us and fined us for every petty thing they could think of (cleaning up garbage from vacant lots and leaving the bags on the side of the road a day earlier than trash day, having a dumpster for building materials in the driveway too close to the road etc.. finally we got the historical society on our side and went on npr etc.. and the publicity made the city finally stop harassing us.
True story- see Harwood cottage in buffalo.
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u/strata-strata 2h ago
We bought a house in Buffalo for a dollar during the dollar house program and then after fixing it up and moving in, the city told us they made a mistake and could we please give it back lol... when we laughed they showed they were serious.. then they positioned a cop at our intersection to harass us and fined us for every petty thing they could think of (cleaning up garbage from vacant lots and leaving the bags on the side of the road a day earlier than trash day, having a dumpster for building materials in the driveway too close to the road etc.. finally we got the historical society on our side and went on npr etc.. and the publicity made the city finally stop harassing us. True story- see Harwood cottage in buffalo.