[bergenty]

If it’s 70m that’s still very close to my house. Americans have a way of pushing the boundaries of every law, we’re a litigious country we follow the letter of the law not the spirit. This will probably result in a chain of homeless people that stay in your backyard for three days and then move over to the next backyard.

[teddyh]

> If it’s 70m that’s still very close

“150 metres in Norway and in all countries far enough that you do not inconvenience anyone and particularly not those in the nearest house.”

— https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Right_to_access_in_the_Nordic...

> This will probably result in a chain of homeless people

Countries with Freedom to Roam laws have homeless people, too. What you describe has not happened.

> stay in your backyard for three days

Again, FUD about “your backyard”. Do you have a 250,000 sq. ft (2.24 hectares, 5.5 acres) back yard? Also, Freedom to Roam laws usually restrict camping to at most two nights, sometimes one night only.

[bergenty]

Yes, I have a 24 acre backyard

[teddyh]

Your usage of the word “backyard” differs from everybody else’s.

[bergenty]

It definitely doesn’t, not according to the dictionary anyway.

As an aside, I think you may be underestimating how large American homes and properties can be, it’s not Europe scale. 5 acres really isn’t all that large.

[teddyh]

What matters is how people here would interpret your statement “camping in my backyard”. I think most people here would interpret that as “too close for comfort”, not “somewhere within my 24 acre lot”. Therefore, your statement is misleading. Ergo, FUD.

[gaganyaan]

That's most of a football field away. I could not care less about someone being that close to my house.