A farmer makes a fence out of three cars as a way to say to his neighbors that it was his farm and he could do what he wanted with it. After they moved in they starting complaining: "The people...
I save 30 years and buy my 20 acres out in the hills.
Then the owner of the 70 acres overlooking my pristine little valley and my lake puts in a skeet range. With flood lights for 24-hour operation. Flood lights so bright you can read a newspaper in the middle of the night 2 miles away. Banging all hours of the night and ay.
He did drop off a box of ear plugs when I complained about the noise.
So I sold my Shangri-La to a couple from Los Angeles who had lived for 20 years a block away from I-5 who were retiring to spend more time working for the NRA. They like it. But, yes, my neighbor did have the right to his range.
Moonshadow
August 5, 2008 3:29 PM
Too often, land ownership is a liability instead of an asset. The land-use regulations put out by local governments are simply a charade, because whoever wants to get a use variance often can, if they pay a large enough fee. But, in those rare instances when regulation prevents the sort of thing Rob describes, I'm for it.
How could 24-hr operation be approved?
Most of my neighbors have added dust-to-dawn lights on their front porches for security and, man, those lights are bright! But, our big problem here, in Jersey horse country, is riders riding wherever-the-heck they want, insisting that trails be preserved, even through their neighbors' backyards.
anonymous reincarnate
August 5, 2008 7:53 PM
do your best to keep good neighbors... you never know who will move in next.
Michele McGinty
August 6, 2008 10:17 AM
"How could 24-hr operation be approved?"
Not all state are as over regulated as they are in NJ :-)
"But, our big problem here, in Jersey horse country, is riders riding wherever-the-heck they want, insisting that trails be preserved, even through their neighbors' backyards."
Can't they be charged with trespassing? I would find that particularly irksome during a bar-b-que.
ZZ
August 6, 2008 11:35 AM
This is obviously George Bush's fault.
Moonshadow
August 6, 2008 1:43 PM
Not all state are as over regulated as they are in NJ :-)
You're right ... I've lived here so long I can hardly remember what it's like on "the outside."
The riders take the "we were here first" attitude. Green Acres, Open Space.
It's similar to people down the shore wanting access to the beach through another's oceanfront property.
pagansister
August 9, 2008 12:35 PM
Goes to show that living in the country isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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I save 30 years and buy my 20 acres out in the hills.
Then the owner of the 70 acres overlooking my pristine little valley and my lake puts in a skeet range. With flood lights for 24-hour operation. Flood lights so bright you can read a newspaper in the middle of the night 2 miles away. Banging all hours of the night and ay.
He did drop off a box of ear plugs when I complained about the noise.
So I sold my Shangri-La to a couple from Los Angeles who had lived for 20 years a block away from I-5 who were retiring to spend more time working for the NRA. They like it. But, yes, my neighbor did have the right to his range.
Too often, land ownership is a liability instead of an asset. The land-use regulations put out by local governments are simply a charade, because whoever wants to get a use variance often can, if they pay a large enough fee. But, in those rare instances when regulation prevents the sort of thing Rob describes, I'm for it.
How could 24-hr operation be approved?
Most of my neighbors have added dust-to-dawn lights on their front porches for security and, man, those lights are bright! But, our big problem here, in Jersey horse country, is riders riding wherever-the-heck they want, insisting that trails be preserved, even through their neighbors' backyards.
do your best to keep good neighbors... you never know who will move in next.
"How could 24-hr operation be approved?"
Not all state are as over regulated as they are in NJ :-)
"But, our big problem here, in Jersey horse country, is riders riding wherever-the-heck they want, insisting that trails be preserved, even through their neighbors' backyards."
Can't they be charged with trespassing? I would find that particularly irksome during a bar-b-que.
This is obviously George Bush's fault.
Not all state are as over regulated as they are in NJ :-)
You're right ... I've lived here so long I can hardly remember what it's like on "the outside."
Can't they be charged with trespassing?
No, the trail is made an easement -
http://examiner.gmnews.com/news/2005/1006/Front_page/009.html
The riders take the "we were here first" attitude. Green Acres, Open Space.
It's similar to people down the shore wanting access to the beach through another's oceanfront property.
Goes to show that living in the country isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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