“If there’s people who don’t take pride in the property, it can really bring the whole neighbourhood down,” she said. “I think that this kind of [fines] will make people think again.”

From a Gazette article on new bylaws

It’s amazing to me that people think pride stems from fear of retribution, and that in fact in many of their own minds, they actually believe it’s true. “You will conform, because if you don’t then you are a loser.”

Really makes me ashamed of my class…