About neighbors...

When I had an injured chicken I raced over to one of our neighbors and she looked and told me it was shock, she'd be fine. She was fine. I'm friends with them on FB and we talk on the phone. There is another we talk to on the phone and I collect composted horse poo from his land no problem. When the great oil law suit happened I went door to door. I have everyone's phone # and they have mine. When something happens we all call. When we contracted ghiardia I called around to see who else was suffering. When the electronics waste recycling plant moved in I got a call telling me about it. I did the rounds once again getting people to sign letters of objection to their permit application. I raised such a fuss the company sent a private investigator to check me out. Happened to be the one we use at my work so they failed at intimidating me into submission. Anyway, Karma man. They were dumping outside of the law. The paper today has a headline about the owner. He was arrested for sexually molesting a 5 year old and the business is now defunct. Awesome! Well for us, not the kid.

One neighbor, I like best when he's in Florida for the winter. The rest seem okay, but we don't "neighbor" very often.

geo

My neighbors and I pretty much mind our own business. They are good, decent people and we get along well. I could go to any one of them if I needed help with anything. And that's saying something, considering I'm a D*mn Yankee.

Jim

When we lived in the city, we always had great neighbors I think my husband and I came across as either trustworthy or helpless, and we always ended up with surrogate fathers/grandfathers. We had miniature horses in the middle of town, and if we didn't make friends, they did.

Then we moved to the country. The vast majority of our neighbors are wonderful -- there when we need them, and we're there when they need us, but we all respect one another's privacy the rest of the time.

Our problem is a neighbor about a mile away who complains about our rooster crowing. She even put notices in our mailbox saying she was "praying for his demise." I wonder who she complains to about the coyotes howing at night and the owls hooting.

Anyway, we really have it pretty good. I just think it's ironic that we had horses in the city with nothing but positive feedback, but out here in the sticks someone whines about a rooster crowing at 5am!

That must be some crower if it bothers her a mile away!

"He even waves a piston in my face for nothing more than being at our property line."

I keep trying to visualize that piston being shaken in the air by an angry guy and laughing. (Yeah, I know you meant pistol, and I type too fast too. It still is funny.)

I wouldn't want to get hit with a piston.

We have good neighbor's at home and at the farm. Two Amish families live near us. When a tree fell on our house while we were away, they cut the tree off of the house, stacked the fire wood, burned the branches, then called me. When I showed up after a big snow, they hosted my wife and kids while the boys helped me shovel a way in and start the fire. They feed me constantly. We share help butchering, haying, splitting wood, digging...
Another neighbor, I mentioned that I want to relocate to the farm permanently. He has been calling companies in my trade, trying to find me a job!
The exceptions really stick out. One family sent their kids with their sleds to steal our coal pile.

Two teen neighbor boys worked for my dad and our one neighbor, doing farm chores, gopher stuff. A week after my dad died, they started breaking into the house every week. They stole food, alcohol, toilet paper. They broke windows and doors, cut screens. It didn't stop until they went to jail. 10 years later, they are still in jail, likely to stay there into their 40's.

Hey it was spelled correctly. I think its funny too!

To the left the neighbors watch my house and animals when I'm out of town, to the right the tenants are a widow and daughter who I never have a problem with, the home owner was always a great guy and moved them in when the husband died to help the family out. Behind me I don't know the new renters but I seldom hear them and never see them through the trees. Across the road I've had some issues with noise but it's calmed down now that she's remarried and the boys have gotten older. I have good solid neighbors and the only problem I've ever had here is one neighbor who caused everyone problems and is now sitting in jail, she made one too many false reports about her ex son in law and when he complained she hit him.

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We only have one other house on our road. It's a ways away, you can kinda see if from our place. The guy who owns it is ok, we pretty much just mind our own business.

The thing is he does that thing where he will rent out his house to vacationers. So there are different people there all the time. Surprisingly we really haven't had any issues with them tho. They will have music playing and have parties, but that really doesn't bother me cuz you can only hear it when your outside.

The worst is when someone started lighting off fire works at 3 in the morning. And it was not the fourth of July. We didn't say anything tho, cuz like I said that is really the only trouble we have had.

My direct neighbors are great.....

But some of the dog hunters in the area, not so much. They think it is funny to open my fences, run their dogs on my place without permission, yes, it is posted all over the place.... their dogs run my livestock.
Animal control and the police are on the side of the dog hunters... and do not even follow VA's laws in this area. Good'le boys club, big time in this area.
I am not the only horse and livestock owner that has a problem with some of the dog hunters. They also think it is funny to shoot at you when you are riding your horses or walking on your property.
Keep hoping they shot each other and solve the problem.

Wish I could move back to NW Oregon... were I just had to deal with Cougars, Bears, packs of Coyotes and so on.
Were the Police and Fish and Game had no problems helping you.

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Shari

It sounds like you should get in touch with the Attorney General of your state. If someone is shooting at you and the police won't intervene, it is serious.

When we were in the city we dealt with the neighbors' bully kids that could do no wrong. I guess pushing my son down several times and ramming their bike into my 3-year-olds bike isn't wrong. The other neighbors took their side. We were new and kept to ourselves for a while so we were shunned.

Here in the country we have awesome neighbors. I talk to the one up the road everyday. Either on Facebook or on the phone. She likes to come see the new animals we get and she she has shared her garden produce with us. Likewise, I've invited her over to pick wild blackberries growing on our property. They are good people. The neighbor down the hill helped us out with eggs and meat from their freezer when my husband wasn't working. They stick to themselves, but are there when you need them. lol Both neighbors said they were happy to see a good family buy the house instead of drug dealers.

From what I have seen around here, doubt they would do anything. I have game cameras up all over the place. Proof doesn't seem to matter to them.

My farrier, said he knows another lady having a problem.
Caught the hunting dog the hunter had opened her fence up to let in... attacked one of her horses.
She caught it and tied it to the tree up by the front of the road. Called animal control/police to come get it.
Hunter sued her, can you believe it..... sued her and won $25,000 off her.
Not only that, she had to have her horse put down.
It was her land, she wasn't bothering anyone.... but the hunter decided he had all the rights.
Pretty sure the dog hunter was related to the judge.
If you are not related to anyone in this area, you have no rights.

Never lived any where in the country like this. DH was in the Navy 20 years,Lived all over.... we retired in the Pacific NW, and was hoping to be able to stay there.
Loved NW Oregon.... wasn't perfect but what I would consider normal.

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Shari

One of our nearby neighbors, Dan, is the nicest guy. He is quick to offer assistance, very knowledgeable, gives great advice, and allocated 1,400 sq feet of his garden for me to plant in. Another closer property owner, picked me (2) ziploc bags full of wild blackberries (3 cups in each). I used one for my DD's wedding (Wild Blackberry Sauce for DH's Lemon Cheesecakes). Others wave and have been friendly.

On one edge of our property, is a driveway. The property owner, who very seldom every comes here, has an access easement right to get to her property. The property next to that driveway, also have an access easement right (so logging can be done, when necessary as there is a main access driveway for that property). We have had two issues, so far. There is a concrete pad with a big rootball on it with name signs hanging from that. This is actually located on the driveway (30' wide). Both Access Easement Right Holders thought it was okay to have it there (NOT). This is located 1/3 of the way up the Easement, which is our main driveway! They thought they "owned the Easement," not just had a right to for Egress/Ingress (which is all they have). There is no Prescriptive Right for the concrete pad or rootball to be there... Of course, their misunderstanding became further obvious. The property owner who is seldom ever here (property above ours), thought she could build a shed on the easement, at the bottom of our driveway?! We have asked for the rootball to be moved and they have agreed to do that this summer. There will be NO shed built, but that bridge will be crossed if/when we get there. Then the latest...

A couple comes walking right onto our property, up to our motorhome, and I was in the process of getting dressed (finished quickly before I answered the door). Now, cut to the point...the lady informs me the neighbor (who is her sister), gave her permission to use our driveway to walk up to their family properties. We didn't have a problem with that (however, I won't permit them to walk across and around on our property). She also informed me they were going to use our driveway when they logged their property (that is adjacent to a property above us, not connected to ours). They have zero right to do this and I will NEVER allow it. Here is how I reacted, however...

I find out Dan would be doing some dirtwork for them. So, I spoke to Dan, not to them. They got a smile and I made a simple comment, "Sounds like it would work better to have Dan do that dirtwork, so you can log from the other side of your property..." I find out from Dan, he had checked the trees, and it won't be happening.

Awww, but there will now be something happening. I have spoken to a Real Estate Attorney, wonderful experienced gal, who already offered to write me a letter. Towards the end of the summer, especially if the property doesn't sell next door, there will be a nice letter of explanation send to each of them (only 2). The Egress/Ingress Right will be explained and properly defined.

We plan to build a fence along 2 sides of our property...

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I've got some great neighbors and some not so much. My immediate neighbor started to mow her lawn last night at 9 o'clock using the headlights from her car to light up her yard. And I thought I was a redneck.