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Anonymous
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# Posted: 18 Nov 2012 19:16
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Anybody have any nutty neighbors? Do you enjoy dealing with them in an isolated environment or remote setting?
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hattie
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# Posted: 18 Nov 2012 22:19
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Most folk who move to remote areas are "different" from city folk. I think everyone has a "nutty" side.  Tolerance is the key to making things work out.
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 18 Nov 2012 22:28
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when we first were going to purchase our property -the real estate fella said to us,"have u met Greg?"and we said yes.and he asked us are we sure we still want to buy the land?hee hee.we did.well at first we thought uh oh.he was over alot.But he ended up being the best neighbor.he has helped us so much.and always has good info.then we have one neighbor who does not want people going down our road but its his road the back way-well he goes and cuts down trees across the road so no one drive thru there.so funny.
everyone out there is pretty funny.we enjoy them for the most part.
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 18 Nov 2012 22:33 - Edited by: toyota_mdt_tech
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I have a nutty neighbor. Him and I have become great friends. He is always helping me out. He has been a great asset. We have become very good friends. I think he enjoys having visitors. He probably gets lonely. He looks forward to my visits. He watches my place like a hawk. I couldn't ask for a better nutty neighbor. OK, he isn't that nutty. and neighbor lives about 3/4 mile away. You cant drive to my place without going past his and he watches anyone that drives in. If he doesn't recognize you and doesn't see you come back out shortly, he is investigating. There is a real crazy guy on horseback, he seems to always try to intimidate people. I have never seen him and his intimidation tactics wont work on me.
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Mister Breeze
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# Posted: 18 Nov 2012 22:57
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I'm going through problems right now. It's gun deer hunting season here in Wisconsin. I had a run in with a guest of the neighbor who put up a tree stand on my property. When I confronted him about it he screamed at me that I was Fing up his hunting and that I needed to get the F out there. He stayed and the stand is still there. Tonight I pulled out onto the road after dark and they followed with their high beams on. I filed a report with the sheriffs department but will wait and see what happens. I feel like selling the land and giving up deer hunting because of all this crap!
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Anonymous
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# Posted: 18 Nov 2012 23:47
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Great responses everybody.
The question was posed from the standpoint of the "nutty neighbor" who is trying to cope with the increasing numbers of people moving to what was once a remote location.
Some of 'em just come out to their "vacation land" which has been my home for decades to enjoy the "peace and quiet" by whooping and hollering and drinking and partying and tearing up the countryside with their vehicles and shooting guns!...shucks...I got guns too.
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KSalzwedel
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# Posted: 19 Nov 2012 03:26
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Supposedly one of the area neighbors doesn't like people near his place and will shoot at anyone who comes close. Never met him, but after hearing and seeing some of the shenanigans and tresspassers, I LIKE HIM
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Kudzu
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# Posted: 19 Nov 2012 09:06
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We have a neighbor that helps watch our place, every so often he reminds me it has been awhile since he shot someone. He is a great neighbor but we limit him to one Grey Goose.
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wakeslayer
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# Posted: 19 Nov 2012 10:43
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Our original property that we bought in 2002 has been for sale for a couple years now. The neighbors across the road are a bit off. They drink too much, and I think they have simply been in the woods too long. They also like that we are never there and I assume view our place as more or less their buffer zone. They have truly been good neighbors and we never once had a problem with them. They watched out little shed cabin and the driveway. Shooed away kids partying, etc.
We had a signed purchase agreement, down payment, and a closing date at a really good number for both parties. The buyer went out there for a day with his dogs and walked the land getting a feel for what he wanted to do. His dog wandered across the street into my neighbors yard. The wife, half in the bag, went berserk on the guy and his dog. They had a heated verbal exchange that escalated. He went back over to our(his) property, and continued with his day. The husband goes over there. More than half in the bag, and starts jawing at him about his dog and yelling at his wife. He pulls the .44 out of his waistband and indicates that this is how they settle differences here....
Needless to say, the deal went south and we still own the land. My neighbors literally picked my pocket for $115K. Free and clear. I won't speak to them. My wife has a couple of times. They justify it by saying HE was the goofball. That he was digging through people's trash looking for information or who knows what.
They have spoken to several other potential buyers with and without real estate agents present. The first thing they start blabbing about is their "water rights". This is occasionally an issue in the area. It spooks people away just by the verbiage. However, they do not have water rights. We do. Period. They have an easement to repair their water line that comes off my spring, in the event that it ever has a problem. What they fail to understand is that it would be far cheaper for them to just punch a well if there ever was a problem.
They just like having 20 acres instead of 7, without having to write a check for it. They are whacky. nice enough people but I feel they owe me $115k and pretty much ain't letting it go.
I need to find an even crazier guy to buy the place, and then watch the newspaper for a couple years.
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TheCabinCalls
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# Posted: 19 Nov 2012 11:05
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wakeslayer, funny/frustrating tale.
When we bought our property part of the land was being mowed, which we thought was being done by the owner. After closing we went to the property to find a truck on our property and a huge burn pile in the mowed area. Turns out the neighbor was using our land in more ways than one. They were using our driveway as a way to get down to their property. They would take down trees and throw the wood on our property and burn piles so big they permenantly damages live trees on our prop. We figured that the guy we bought from was doing all this and it would stop when we bought, but no!
The running joke for the first year was what will we find when we go this time.
Then when we started building the neighbor kept trying to stop the workers from digging the foundation. We had it surveyed and the pins were clearly marked (for nearly 9 months prior to digging). The neighbor refused to believe this was correct so they had a landscaper come and rip out the survey stakes and procede to making a 4x25 ft bed where they planted a row of bushes.
They finally had a survey company out after we wrote them a letter. That company confirmed the stakes we had up and they never apologized for any of it...
I try to figure out everyone's motives and tend to forgive easily. My wife still is upset...haha!
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TheCabinCalls
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# Posted: 19 Nov 2012 11:07
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btw- the neighbors like our cabin now. I think they were afraid of change.
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wakeslayer
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# Posted: 19 Nov 2012 12:36
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a friend out there has an expression: "Know your neighbors name..."
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hattie
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# Posted: 19 Nov 2012 12:44 - Edited by: hattie
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Quoting: TheCabinCalls I think they were afraid of change.
I agree with this one 100%. When we first bought our property, the neighbours behind us lied about where their well was to discourage us from putting in a septic system. Their lie meant we had to actually move our cabin. We found out years later that their well wasn't anywhere near where they said it was and we could have left the cabin where it was. In hindsight, I am glad we moved it because it is much nicer where it is now. Once the neighbours realized we weren't trying to do anything "fancy", they became, and still are, our very dear friends.
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Sustainusfarm
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# Posted: 19 Nov 2012 20:49
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Mister Breeze....that is a horrible story! And scary too! You never know what people will do when you are not there so you are forced to back down!
My wacky neighbor is not really wacky just Amish! They are so funny....My neighbor Joe has a young family of 13 and we get along with them really well...they know we are the gay couple in the woods and really do treat us well and very friendly even though I know their church tells them differently....I actually think they truely like us and keep us a secret from the rest of their group so they don't face ridicule....that is fine with us as his wife teaches us how to cook on the wood cookstove!!!! We have been in the area the longest so I think everyone around thinks we are the "wacky neighbors"!
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Anonymous
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# Posted: 19 Nov 2012 20:52
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Change is hard for some rural folk that are entrenched in their ways. Some people are used to being pretty much alone in the middle of nowhere and then when people start popping up and progress encroaches they are unsure of how to deal with it.
It's good that more and more people are pursuing the simple life out in the country. It's bad that there is not enough 'country' for everyone to have their own 10 square mile section. That might keep everything neighborly...
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TheWildMan
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# Posted: 20 Nov 2012 10:58
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in my area i am the nutty ist neighbor, in the country people talk/gossip and everyone has a reputation. my neighbors call me "the wildman" when they don't know my name (hence my login name, thats what people really call me). people 30 miles away talk about me and my place, anyone with self sufficency, alternative energy, or gardening interests talks about my place.
my neighbors that i know are a couple climate scientists, comercial farmers, retired hippy back to the landers, etc. my other neighbors are always listening and watching, but they don't complain cuz their ears of corn and potatoes with eyes
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 20 Nov 2012 14:05
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Quoting: TheWildMan my other neighbors are always listening and watching, but they don't complain cuz their ears of corn and potatoes with eyes
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rayyy
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# Posted: 20 Nov 2012 16:39
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Yes,My neighbor lady was freeking out over having two horses pastured near her property line.Now,one year later,turns out,,,she likes em there!There very loveable and her and her kids like that.Brings them apples and carrots all the time.Yes,I lucked out with neighbors.
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Anonymous
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# Posted: 21 Nov 2012 03:42
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There's some crazy stories in this thread!
I guess that's why it's so logical to try and get along as best as possible and if that fails a dose of forgiveness might be in order.
In the cities rudeness and selfishness are so prevalent that it is easy to become desensitized to it all. In a rural area where there is not near as much going on a single issue can become a person's whole world.
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turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 23 Nov 2012 07:32
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last week, i was up north looking at a camp for sale...1st thing i done was meet the neighbor up the hill from the camp....great folks BTW....i did not want to buy a camp and not know who they were. the neighbor showed me all the property lines, and told me history of the property...and his wife told me a good friend that they go to church was a lawyer....i went to his office the next day,( to get contract-title search etc) and office manager said no appt till after the holidays, he was booked solid....told her who had sent me, she goes to church with my new neighbors as well..............lawyer came in at 9am...and i was his 1st appt.....so it helps to meet them before,,,,you buy...
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Woodthrush
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# Posted: 27 Mar 2013 16:02
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I agree with whoever said that people who live in the woods, moved there for a reason. Where I live, it is deep woods and there are only a few houses. Everybody values their privacy - but we also look out for one another. We all share the woods and nobody has much money, but I have grown very fond of my neighbors and we help each other out. I've also learned to wear lots of orange, and whistle when we're walking, so the dogs and I don't get shot at.
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