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Originally Posted by duckman1911
I understand and im not trying to start anything between us. I have a neighbor that I wish would do alot better with his property. Even with that it is his property and not mine. Its his to do what he wants. Not my place to tell him what to do with his land unless I want to be on the wrong end of a gun. Same thing would happen to him If he came to my house and told me to mow my grass.
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I've owned a couple of properties and my family has owned many more.
Neighbors never really liked our propensity for shooting (safe and legal), raising livestock (legal), hunting (legal), trapping (legal) or selling timber (legal). I've never encountered resistance to shooting on my properties, but various neighbors tried to prevent us from selling the timber, raising the livestock, trapping, and hunting through various means.
A close family member encountered considerable resistance to his shooting on his property from a neighbor who happened to be law enforcement.
All the issues were eventually worked through with the property owners' rights fully in tact, and the busy body neighbors licking their wounded egos.
If you want to dictate how other properties in the neighborhood are used, you should buy them. If you cannot afford to buy them, you should make polite requests and realize that your neighbors have full legal rights to politely decline your requests.
The home we're in now has all the explicit requirements (HOA style) for mowing the grass, not parking on the lawn, etc. We knew the deal when we moved it, and carefully reviewed the written terms to be sure we could agree. We hope to find a home where we can exercise more liberties soon enough.