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Generally because they believe that it does or will affect them.
I see, paranoia and baseless assumptions are a fine excuse for creating bad blood in the neighborhood. What a lovely view of how our society has deteriorated. It takes a village to raise a child but just one crabby neighbor to ruin that village.
That doesn't explain my neighbor's issue. She contacted the Zoning Enforcement department & complained. After that, WE contacted HER and she told my husband that she has NO OBJECTION to our chickens AND was fine with our rooster as long as he stayed confined until 7:30am. No problem, no foreseeable problem.
People ought to have the common decency to pick up the phone and have a conversation with each other BEFORE making complaints to the town so that any perceived yet unrealized problem can be discussed and misimpressions cleared up neighbor-to-neighbor. Our society would be a much more peaceful place if folks just TALKED TO EACH OTHER.
BTW: I gave my neighbor a lovely assortment of a dozen of my girlz's finest last week to keep her happy. Seems to be working just fine.
You asked a question; I gave a reasonable answer. No one's desire to do or have something outweighs another person's rights. And far too often conflicts between different people's wants do arise. Turning that conflict over to a neutral party for adjudication is viewed by many as the appropriate choice. It can remove the direct neighbor vs neighbor conflict. But yes, it can also give rise to hard feelings if and when the source of a complaint is publicised. Some people see escalating violence in our society, and want to avoid even the chance of triggering it, and rely on the authorities to take care of any conflict or disagreement. There is no single "right" way to handle a concern. Personally, I have some neighbors to whom I would speak, and others with whom I would call the city first. (Talking any issue for which I had a concern, not a specific issue.) And not everyone agrees that the village should be raising one's own children.
Generally because they believe that it does or will affect them.
I see, paranoia and baseless assumptions are a fine excuse for creating bad blood in the neighborhood. What a lovely view of how our society has deteriorated. It takes a village to raise a child but just one crabby neighbor to ruin that village.
That doesn't explain my neighbor's issue. She contacted the Zoning Enforcement department & complained. After that, WE contacted HER and she told my husband that she has NO OBJECTION to our chickens AND was fine with our rooster as long as he stayed confined until 7:30am. No problem, no foreseeable problem.
People ought to have the common decency to pick up the phone and have a conversation with each other BEFORE making complaints to the town so that any perceived yet unrealized problem can be discussed and misimpressions cleared up neighbor-to-neighbor. Our society would be a much more peaceful place if folks just TALKED TO EACH OTHER.
BTW: I gave my neighbor a lovely assortment of a dozen of my girlz's finest last week to keep her happy. Seems to be working just fine.
You asked a question; I gave a reasonable answer. No one's desire to do or have something outweighs another person's rights. And far too often conflicts between different people's wants do arise. Turning that conflict over to a neutral party for adjudication is viewed by many as the appropriate choice. It can remove the direct neighbor vs neighbor conflict. But yes, it can also give rise to hard feelings if and when the source of a complaint is publicised. Some people see escalating violence in our society, and want to avoid even the chance of triggering it, and rely on the authorities to take care of any conflict or disagreement. There is no single "right" way to handle a concern. Personally, I have some neighbors to whom I would speak, and others with whom I would call the city first. (Talking any issue for which I had a concern, not a specific issue.) And not everyone agrees that the village should be raising one's own children.
