| Living in the city has its advantages of | | | | When it came down to it, building a fence |
| course but you have to deal with neigbors. | | | | became a huge ordeal. Of course since Robert |
| When it comes to living in a tight | | | | did never liked what was going on in our |
| neighborhood, one great way to keep good | | | | yard, he was not in favor of the building of |
| relations with a neighbor is to build a fence | | | | the fence. Too bad for Robert, whether he |
| between your yards. This is true in most | | | | wanted it or not the fence was going up. As I |
| cases. However, there are times when you can | | | | never really spent much time out there, it |
| have big problems by building a fence, and | | | | did not matter to me either way. The major |
| this was something I witnessed first hand. It | | | | problems that Robert though he had with us |
| wasn't my yard, as I was a renter, but since | | | | was that we only mowed the grass once a week, |
| I lived in the house in question, it affected | | | | and sometimes we didn't use a weed-eater |
| my life. | | | | around the edges. Building a fence seemed |
| | | | like a sane idea to everyone but Robert. |
| My proprietor decided that building a fence | | | | |
| between his property and the property of the | | | | Robert was mad when my landlord brought in |
| guy who lived next to us was a good idea. | | | | someone to start building a fence around the |
| Robert was a nice enough guy, but he always | | | | yard. He was convinced that the fence would |
| wanted to criticize to my landlord about | | | | pass onto his property and would be going |
| something. He was picky about his yard, and | | | | exactly through his oak. My proprietor asked |
| we just couldn't seem to live up to his | | | | for the property records and had the lines |
| standards. My landlord thought by building a | | | | between the properties examined to make sure |
| fence he couldn't see into the yard like he | | | | he wasn't building a fence on Robert's |
| does every day and he would just stop | | | | property. For a long period, Robert fought |
| complaining. The fence might have also | | | | every step and managed to delay things. I am |
| provided us with some privacy. My brother | | | | not sure what happened later because I moved |
| liked to come by and use my yard to sunbathe | | | | out a few months after and left the region |
| and when this occurred, Robert always seemed | | | | completely. I would be tempted to go see if |
| to find something pressing to do in his yard. | | | | the fence ever was erected or if Robert had |
| | | | gotten his way if it wasn't such a long trip. |