annie88 said:
This one makes me particularly upset because it reminds me of a really bad neighbor.
Many years, I lived next to a real good guy. We shared a small strip of grass between our driveways. There was even a smaller strip between the sidewalk and the street. Our property line was somewhere in the middle. Most of the time I'd just mow the whole thing, no problem. Even edge his side, besides I'm already out and have the machines going. He would even do the same! He took care of my side when he mowed! Awesome, no worries either way.
He moved out and a "business person" bought the house to rent out. The renters were - from what I could tell - from midland or Odessa oilfields. I kept the pattern - mowing the entire strip for several years, no problem for me. I was already out doing my side and it wasn't hardly any extra effort.
As renters, it seemed there was no concern to take care of the house - they'd park in their front yard, the kids destroyed the back fence, big dogs escaping and chasing people, defecive car alarms going off for over an hour in the middle of the night on a work night school night. The people really helped me to make the decision to move out of that place to a more rural location.
Eventually I sold the place and moved out (including moving my mowers and stuff). So, I guess some time while I moved out and buyers moved in.. this neighbor posts a picture to nextdoor of the tiny strip of grass between the 2 driveways, between the sidewalk and the street showing long grass with a caption saying "ugh deadbeat neighbors not taking care of grass" or something. I was stunned.. after the years of going the extra mile without thinking of it, the nerve of these people. I was livid and realized that some people can be pretty nasty - not just unappreciated of your helping out a little, but just completely tone deaf.
I was worried about if moving was the right decision or wrong decision but this neighbor really helped to reaffirm that moving out and far away was definitely the best decision I could make.