Well Jenn the great news is if you say your prayers, go to bed early, brush your teeth and work hard one day someone may post online about how much they want you to get mauled by a dog too......

Thanks for your thoughts and ideas I know this was a pretty vague topic and maybe should be posted in the "discontent with the rat race/socioeconomic structures that seem trap people in them based on class for life while they perpetually struggle to get a bite of the carrot that perpetually dangles just out of reach from their hungry teeth" section...

Most likely nobody will get sued if a Chihuahua sinks a couple tiny teeth in, but if you are a mauled by a Pit Bull, you are going to sue.

Certainly a regional, community and even neighborhood sensitivity.

Cut my teeth in the 90's and early 2000's with Tech, built and sold a few tech companies.

Definately a sensitive environment.

There are site sensitivity restrictions, fire and building code (if you are separating between floors for up down you need to fire rate the floor like you would fire rate the party walls that separate units, which can get expensive), etc..As Travis mentioned, once it becomes up down, it's no longer a duplex or townhome, it's a condo.  

Write that list in Sharpie on your bathroom mirror so you have to look at it every day when you brush your teeth.

I would only say skip college if you had a great plan or opportunity that was time sensitive.

Normally, I am much less sensitive to these things, but I get it that it could cause your kid problems at school etc.