London bridge used to be a big version of this
You guys should try visiting Florence, Italy.
The bridge town is pretty cool, until the Tenosians show up and throw the nobles off of it.
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It was very common to build on bridges in European cities. Seeing the river was rare. There are a few subsisting examples, but most houses are gone.
You wouldn't think it from that gloomy picture but Ambleside is a really nice town. Top visit!
I assumed that was just how the UK looked most of the time.
There is the occasional day or two a year where the sun has been observed...
Can confirm, incredibly lovely place to exist in and go hiking. And when I was there recently, every day except the first one was incredibly bright and sunny; I almost felt robbed of the essential british experience.
So... Did it work? Asking for a friend
There were loads of bridge houses in the UK.
you could probably pull this off with a boat nowadays.
https://cruisingthecut.co.uk/2024/01/23/council-tax-for-canal-boats/
No council tax, but instead pay roughly the same amount each year to the Canal & River Trust or other water authorities.
This is why very old houses in Louisiana had no closets - your property tax was assessed on the basis of how many closets you had. Also, they liked spelling "armoire".
In many places it was based on the number of windows, or on the width of the street facing façade... leading to odd styles of construction. It's been a game of cat and mouse for quite some time.
I'll give my shiniest nickel to whoever can tell me if and when a land tax started being enforced.
Give your nickel to Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Property_tax
Tl;dr: 6000 BCE in ancient Iraq. It predates money, so they'd pay in whatever they used the land for.
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