If you could magically track down every person who would in the future purchase a new-build home in Whitby, and did a vote of those people, then they would presumably be massively against having their home under a restrictive covenant forcing someone to live there the whole time.
> every person who would in the future purchase
does not exist yet.
Obviously everyone on the beach doesn't want the beach to get crowded, so they'll say no..
But the democratic approach is to also ask those who were planning on arriving at the beach later, even though they haven't arrived yet.
But if you insist, this is more like folks wanting to make sure there is enough beach for everyone and that everyone can use it - so they make limits on the portions of beach that people can own.
Citizenship provides for voting rights while away for some countries. Eg in UK you can vote for up to 15 years after leaving the country. In NZ you can vote up to 3 years after you last visited. In Australia it’s 6 years.
It makes sense to me (maybe not for 15 years but 3-6 ok). As a citizen who will return home eventually, it makes sense to look out for the country by helping pick its stewardship.
https://www.gov.uk/voting-when-abroad https://vote.nz/voting/how-to-vote/vote-from-overseas/ https://www.aec.gov.au/overseas/enrolment.htm
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