Neighbors to close for comfort

[Lunachick]

I like your thinking Jarreds44

 

[Alexis]

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That is SO funny! It reminds me of a story my husband tells about a guy he knew back in his hometown. They were all big farmers, had many acres of land apiece, and one of them nearest to town managed to sell out to a developer. Well the neighboring farmer wanted to subdivide too - but he couldn't get the special permission and was refused several times (I think somebody got paid extra somewhere!).

His answer to the problem?

"Well I'ma gonna raise me some HOGS!"

The completely legal hog farm was put in place right along the fenceline of the fancy new subdivision. He eventually got his wish (and rather quickly too). He was able to sell it all for a really good price and then moved out of "town" for more privacy. He wasn't that in to raising hogs after all

 

[Buster]

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That is SO funny! It reminds me of a story my husband tells about a guy he knew back in his hometown. They were all big farmers, had many acres of land apiece, and one of them nearest to town managed to sell out to a developer. Well the neighboring farmer wanted to subdivide too - but he couldn't get the special permission and was refused several times (I think somebody got paid extra somewhere!).

His answer to the problem?

"Well I'ma gonna raise me some HOGS!"

The completely legal hog farm was put in place right along the fenceline of the fancy new subdivision. He eventually got his wish (and rather quickly too). He was able to sell it all for a really good price and then moved out of "town" for more privacy. He wasn't that in to raising hogs after all

Yeah- when the city runs me off or burns me out, I'll sell out and move far far away.

 

[CovenantCreek]

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Sometimes being grandfathered in still places restrictions on you -- you may be able to keep the livestock you have, but may not be able to add more. I'd check into that if I were you, make sure you'll be able to continue business as usual and not just business till everything is gone. Then get the 12 roosters and 6 hogs if you want to, before it's too late...

 

[pips&peeps]

I know how you feel. We moved onto 10 acres in '96 and were all alone for a long time. One fine day as we threw some afterbirth from one of our cows over the fence, this family came walking up and said "hi" were going to be your new neighbors. We both just looked at them funny, I don't know if was because we didn't want neighbors or because we almost covered them in the afterbirth.

They were good neighbors, but they moved and it has gone downhill since. The next set of neighbors wanted horses, but had never owned any before. After 9 months of catching and returning their horses to them without a "thank you" or a "f" you, they moved.

Now we have some more suburbanites who want to live in the country. They immediately put up a six foot vinyl fence between the property where we already had a fence and a little gate we put in so the kids could play back and forth. The fencing company complained that our fence angled in 3 inches into their property. The guy was using a string and wasn't using both property marker pins. I had to politely tell him to kiss my butt because we had used a transit over 10 years ago to put the fence in and that the property lines were slightly angled.

They have gated their driveway and it is shut unless they are coming or going. No one will talk to them as they have shut themselves in like hermits.

The place has grown up around us. I know some of the closer neighbors really well and some not so well.

Yep I agree with the statement that I was here first. I have around 13 roosters that let them know it too.

Jean

 

[Buster]

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I checked on that too and I'm zoned agriculture unless I actually remove animals from my property for over a certain amount of time. And that only kicks in AFTER I get annexed which I'll fight as long as I can. Besides, the pigs and chickens will already be here along with goats coming this spring. And I can have up to those amounts of animals but not more once I'm annexed. The county and the city have an agreement that they will favor agricultural property rights even after the city "swallows" them. I really tried to to my homework before I bought this place. I will not be moved by city people whining. If you don't like the sights and sounds and smells of the country- move back to town. This is coming from a city boy who moved to the country to get away from the city- not to bring the city to the country. Thanks for the advice though. Like I said, when I can't stand the heat anymore, I'll move farther away. My place will be worth a lot more by then anyway.

 

[countrygirl4513]

I'm there with you all!! This huge, and I mean huge(8000 sq ft) pink elephant that I will see from my front porch is nothing but a reminder...there is no such thing as privacy, unless you live on a mountain somewhere. And then your not guaranteed that!! These people are building this monster in the middle of a cow pasture. There are no other homes like this in our area. It's like they are saying "look at me" and thumbing their noses at us. If I hear one complaint about my dogs or my chicks on their land... my advice will be put up a fence. We were here first. Since they seem to have so much money let them be the ones to put up the fence!! Anyone got beachfront property (deserted island) or a mountain their willing to sell?

 

[CovenantCreek]

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That's good to hear. I don't know how all that works here, but I've been seeing the annexation signs going up on my way to town. Last year it was the first neighborhood east of the freeway. Now they want to annex another 1/4 mile or so east of the freeway, right up to some ag land. Since the housing market has all but died around here it should be awhile before they get out to where I am, but I hate it anyway.

I can't even remember what this area looked like 10 yrs ago, it's grown so much. All I can remember is that it felt like a 30 minute drive to get from the freeway to the street I live on, which now is only a 15 minute drive thanks to road "improvements".

 

[quadcam79]

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welcome to the country... I grew up in it, moved to the city, loved it for a little while and then it got old real fast. I got tired of homeowner associations, cant do this, cant do that, cant own, this or that...but your neighbors can sit outside and deal crack

did you not know that there are animals in the country when you moved? or that sound travels since there arent a ton of houses to block it? gotta pick one or the other, traffic, pollution, crackheads, PITA neighbors, crime or the alternatiove cows, compost, roosters crowing, dead skunk in teh middle of the road LOL.... I've lived in both and i'll take the latter any day

 

[Buster]

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Amen brother. The house I just moved from (on dw's family's ranch) litterally had 500 cows in around it between us and our neighbors. Dw's grandpa's bull got out last year (because someone drove through the fence we just built) and wandered over to the neighbor's house across the street and ate her flowers in her flower bed. She came out screaming at us while we were trying to herd the bull back home and dw's grandpa just looked at her and said "you could always move back to town- they don't have any cows there."