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Country Neighbor Poll

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#1 ·
Are your neighbors good, bad, or just plain ugly?
 
#31 ·
We have good neighbors. None of us socialize but all are friendly and helpful. Only had problems with one neighbor that let dogs run. They came here more than once and killed our cats not only on our property but on our front steps! Then blamed it on another neighbors dogs. I’m not much of a dog person and to have one threaten me on my own property doesn’t sit well. I was one dead cat away from sss.
 
#33 ·
The ones to our west were friends of my mom's, and we've maintained a friendship with them, though we haven't spoken in a while. (I need to check in with her.) The one to our east is a horse farmer, and he's extremely reclusive. We hardly ever even see him. Back in the day, he was friendly with my parents, but for some reason, he doesn't interact with us. Oh, well. The ones to our south (behind us) have a reputation for being a real nightmare, but we've never had any kind of run-in with them. We just ignore them.

We don't know anyone else on our road. No one really speaks to anyone else. I can't really say I care. We keep to ourselves, too.

Jen M, WV
 
#34 ·
So, I have 6 neighbors touching my farm.

2 are the best type of people you could ever ask for. Wonderful folk! Old time friendly farmer help each other types, strike up a conversation and help each other at the drop of a hat.

One her hubby didn't get along with my dad, both fellas passed on now, she and I get along fine as well as I can tell, anyhow I think she's a fine person when we wave and say hi in passing.

One was trying to buy some land years ago and was really mad at me when I bought it, but it was a family situation where he was the black sheep and they hated him as an inlaw and they would not have sold to him for a million bucks and I don't think he liked them and didn't offer them 3/4 of what it was worth and so they just never ever were going to meet in the middle I think he came to terms with that situation and that I bought it after a year passed to keep others from being around, and we keep a respectful silence between us. Anyhow I wish him no ill will at all, and I suspect the things he said years ago were in the heat of the moment and not meant.

One we did some farm business together, nod and say howdy in passing, I guess not much in common but get along fine.

One I guess they say if you have nothing good to say about someone keep silent. So....

Paul
 
#35 ·
Mostly the wave and chat variety.

One next door can be a royal pain. A "hobby" farmer and a taker, asking for things like firewood that we cut or asking for help but never reciprocating, or offering a cake/pie as a token or just expressing gratitude. Plus calling with regular complaints about our trees which we maintain and pick up after. So we caught on and tend to move out of hearing range when they come out of the house when we are working outside. Pretty much everything over there is done in a slovenly, half done manner, their messes overflowing onto us. Cut trees/branches (theirs) left to lay where they fell on both sides. A fencing project started before we moved here, spools of wire, posts and piles of dirt/rocks left laying on our side creating a maintenance headache before we moved them. Animal waste, rotted hay, barn waste piled willy-nilly by uninterested teenagers pressed into chain gang service that we move back over to their side. Mounds of chopped weeds (theirs) left to moulder on our mowed side that we pick up and burn in our pit. It's endless.

We hired a worker to clean up one mess that we couldn't get to very recently after their barn fire (space heater knocked over sadly by animals) left a bunch of burnt debris across our fence line and the wife came out to watch then groused at our worker who put the burnt wood, tin, and large debris back over the fence into a neat pile for their eventual clean-up. We dealt with the smaller raked debris ourselves. That fire will cost us over 2K in burned tree removal not covered by insurance on our property and she complains about him stacking their barn remains on their side? I feel sorry about their loss specifically the poor animals, but who does that? Most of the neighborhood seems to have a low opinion about them, similar stories volunteered without our saying a word to initiate them and also stories about the wife running over to scold several neighbors in the past about controlled fires that did not go over very well. Ironic. Thanks I needed to vent that.

I'd take three of our neighbors to the west.

We tend to keep to ourselves mostly.
 
#36 ·
IN a 10 mile radius we have 6 neighbors....it's getting crowded.
One rents my pasture, one rents my farm ground, one rents a house from me.
One has their place for sale and moving to a little town of about 70 people
One is a Viet Nam vet, one is a retired school teacher.
All really good people.
 
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#37 ·
We are very fortunate for the most part. There are about 14 houses on our road and for the most part everyone is good. There is a junky trailer park but everyone just ignores them even though at this point most of the renters are decent enough folks just not very neat ones. On one side of us the couple just got a divorce and she is still there until it sells and she is a real piece of work so we are hoping it sells to someone decent. We are good friends with several folks and have spent Christmas with one family as they knew we were not going to Michigan and did not want us to be alone. We have also spent other holidays with them as well as birthday parties, cook outs, etc. We go out occasionally with a couple of them for a nice meal and everyone helps each other if you need it. I couldn't ask for a better place to live.
 
#38 ·
Only real neighbors used to own our land, at least they tried to own it. lost it to the finance service, from whom we bought it. They bought 10 acres way back behind and built a cabin. Added 17 later, and then 20 more we reclaimed from limbo. Surveyers goof long ago. Dropped 20 acres from our place. A mile from power line so they run on kerosene and solar. They are the best. Best friends and work together when occasion needs it. We been here 32 years now. Their girls grew up and married. They are around 60 now. I will likely clear a little of their land thats usable for farming after i get some of my own going. Put it into cultivation for high value produce. Id like to share my produce with them so they can reap the same benefit i look for in health and longetivity. He was a mechanic, i learned it from him, now hes a city building codes inspector, shes a midwife for mostly local mennonite and amish.
 
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