Wednesday, October 14, 2009

My Little Town: Good Fences

Seen on our morning walk a few weeks ago:


Not sure if it's readily apparent at this angle, but the owners of this 6-foot privacy fence added another 18 inches of (non-matching) lattice work to the top.

How much do you have to dislike your neighbors to do that?

Next, this one:



Can anyone say, "Redneck Privacy Fence"?

17 comments:

  1. No fence here, except for a very short one at the back between our yard and open space. I like having the yards open...trees and bushes
    provide some privacy, though I don't do many "private" things in the back yard.

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  2. God, I hope a Jaycee Dugard situation isn't in the works behind those "guard rails."

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  3. next up...blue tarps! LOL! Yeah it's pretty trashy!

    Fear of neighbors keep me from buying...just kidding! (kind of)

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  4. That is hilarious. We went with tall, prickly bushes. What does that say about us?

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  5. No fence here. . .And I even live next to my sister!

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  6. I need to shop the white sales.

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  7. Those are too funny! You should take more pictures of crazy fences.

    This post reminds me of the people that live next to my parent's house. They have a ginormous 7-foot wood plank fence so you can't see into their yard.

    If you saw their yard, you'd understand why. In addition to the inground swimming pool taking up 70% of their yard, there are two wood sheds, a back deck, a goldfish pond, a clotheline area and a riding lawnmover. (as if there's any grassy area left to mow!)

    My parents hate the fence, but I just tell them. "As long as that fence is there, your property value will not fall."

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  8. Gotta love the chain mail. We just have a wooden fence around the whole yard. It works for us.

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  9. Our neighborhood allows fences in back yards, but if in front- nope! One guy spent 1,500 bucks, only to be told by the township to take it down....

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  10. Usually in such a discussion someone will quote Robert Frost: "Good fences make good neighbors."

    Most people don't seem to be aware that Frost's belief, as can be determined in the poem, is actually the opposite of that.

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  11. We chose to live in the boondocks because we do not like neighbours!!

    Problem is, they found us and they brought their tall fences with them :(

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  12. Interesting what people will do to gain some privacy.:)

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  13. I don't care much for fences. I would rather just have some bushes or nothing connecting the lawns. I do understand letting dogs out but really the dog owners should be walking them. We used a long cable to hook up our dog and tried walking her often.

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