We're in the Pacific NW, and did a bunch of homework to find our place. But
the one neighbor we share a fenceline with never came to introduce
themselves or be friendly in any way. They also had run of the place since
they moved here 8 years ago, since our place had renters for the last 20
years. I guess they figured renters didn't count, so they mowed & dumped
trash here, their kids constantly invaded, and they pretty much landscaped
about 1/4 acre like they owned it. Did the same thing to then then-vacant
lot on the other side of them. A house got built there and gossip says they
had a few beefs with that neighbor til they figured something out.
I'm thinking the fact that we're a same sex couple, and don't have any
penises to pee higher on the corner posts 8- ) that this guy figures he can
ignore us telling him to knock crap off. We finally took some steps to
safeguard things better, talked to the local law to make sure we have
options to press charges, get an anti-harassment order, and even sue, and we
have enough firepower to cope if they guy goes nuts and comes over the
fence.
I lived 15 years next to a ghetto in a big city, and stood down armed
gangsters. This guy can't hold a candle to that & last we heard they are
planning to sell. One good thing is that our other neighbors like us a lot
and are keeping an eye on us & the place too. It sucks to deal with it in
the first place, but there is too much good here to let some inbred
walmartian run us off.
--Joanna of Seven Trees
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