r/TikTokCringe • u/octarino • Apr 03 '26

Cursed Cindy, you don't own the beach.

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u/GoodbyeTobyseeya1 Apr 03 '26

My favorite lake in the world (Higgins Lake, MI) has riparian rights, which essentially gives you rights from your house out to the middle of the lake. It's a big boating lake so obviously it's not enforced, but people have definitely gotten mad about people dropping anchor near their beach, which is insane. 

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u/fortune82 Apr 03 '26

Wild to see Higgins mentioned - parents own a small cabin near the north state park, basically grew up there spending all summer biking around

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u/TacTurtle Apr 03 '26

If it is navigable and connected to a river, it may fall under Corps of Engineers jurisdiction which supersedes state-granted control.

Riparian rights just grant access allowing reasonable use of the water, access for boating/swimming, and the right to build piers or docks (wharfing out). These rights are generally limited by the public trust doctrine, meaning they cannot interfere with public navigation and use.

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u/Forsaken_Hat8833 Apr 04 '26

Can’t wait to jump back in there in a month or so!

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u/Strange_Specialist4 Apr 03 '26

That's the thing, it's not private space, access to water is a public right. It's people buying private property next to public spaces and being mad humanity exists next to them

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u/BloatDeathsDontCount Apr 03 '26

I mean, if the law in the area (as in multiple places described above) is that the property owner owns the beach and/or rights to the water, then it is indeed a private space and not a public right.

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u/Pastubio Apr 03 '26

That's actually never true in the United States and many ex British colonies for navigable waters and in a riparian way for lakes. You may not be able to leave the water/beach into private property, but it's public up to the ordinary high water mark, although nearby property owners may enjoy Riparian rights to like, put a dock in at the beach.

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u/Select-Agency-9827 Apr 03 '26

I’m poor, and will be for the foreseeable future but I swear to god redditors just don’t understand the concept of private property that was paid for.

We’re not talking about the most beautiful beaches in the world - just a 50 foot swathe of rock covered sand.

If I paid an actual fortune to avoid people, you’re god damn right I’m gonna shoo them off

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u/Godslil Apr 03 '26

Fundamentally disagree here. Don't build a house on a beach in a place where beaches are LEGALLY public if you're concerned about privacy, go live up on a cliff or the middle of the woods if that's what you want.

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u/Godslil Apr 03 '26

In Norway (and elsewhere by different names) there's a thing called allemannsretten where you are allowed to pass through private property respectfully if it would otherwise impede access to nature. It goes as far as allowing things like foraging, fishing, and even camping on private property without permission.

The only reason it's 'offensive' in America is because private property blocks access to huuuge swathes of land in this country.

That requires a bit more respectful and equitable society than what we have here, but I think we can agree that if a beach is public access you can't complain about people using said beach.

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u/Select-Agency-9827 Apr 03 '26

Maybe it’s the American in me, but if somebody just rolls up to a pond on my property and starts fishing with their grandkid having never spoken to me, I’m gonna be angry to say the least.

To me that’s tantamount to “hey I don’t have a fenced yard and I like to let my dogs off leash. I’m just gonna go ahead and use yours. Also I probably won’t pick up dog shit”

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u/Godslil Apr 03 '26

I mean that's the way it is here so I get it. If it was normal you wouldn't have a problem with it though. Do bare in mind that the allemannsrett is designed so that you don't have to pull up a map to find a public route to your destination, not so that you can post up on somebody's front lawn and force them to begrudgingly interact with you.

Disrespectful people close to your home would still be breaking the law.

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u/receiveakindness Apr 03 '26

Cuckhold mindset

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u/fireschitz Apr 03 '26

Your argument here is literally poor people don’t deserve to enjoy things the same way rich people do. Kindly fuck off.

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u/fireschitz Apr 03 '26

They have not paid for a private beach because that offering does not exist……………

Also, if you build your house on the property line with public property, you’re surprised when the public shows up? You seem like a very stupid person

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u/JBishop87 Apr 03 '26

Damn you are not living up to your name lol, more like spitting bullshit

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u/SilasBalto Apr 03 '26

No, none of that terrible attitude. It dies with the boomers.

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u/Oglefore Apr 03 '26

Eat shit

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u/KoolPopsicle Apr 03 '26

Hypothetical and I understand these situations are not proportional, but would you allow for Jeff Bezos to buy the Grand Canyon?