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To: MSI who wrote (4602)	8/21/2002 6:25:59 PM
From: Tradelite	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

<<I had the feeling of looking over my shoulder for something.>> Isn't that what some soothsayers predicted would happen as a result of 9/11? That we as a nation would lose our innocence and look at everything differently, right up to being "kinder and gentler"? In an era of identity theft, IRS screw-ups, difficulty with getting anything done right by anyone you hire, no matter what it is (this is my personal beef and one I deal with every day lately, it seems)....is it any surprise you might feel the way you do? My latest problem is with a tight-fisted neighbor whose nasty trees overhang my property and are currently dropping heavy limbs, with more limbs dangling and getting ready to fall, making parts of my yard unsafe to walk in. Unfortunately, this neighbor already showed his hand a few years ago after an ice storm, when 25 percent of my backyard was covered with debris from his trees. He said his insurance company advised him this was MY problem...I said that's nice (and it's technically correct), but we've been cleaning up debris from his trees for years and this time the job was way too big. Neighbor asked me to share the cost of removing the limbs by a tree company....I said no way. Neighbor backed off and paid the cost to clean up my yard. But you can predict what is underway now.....No matter how many more limbs fall, neighbor isn't going to do anything about it. My only recourse is to consult a lawyer and take court action to have the trees declared a nuisance, and/or take this whole thing to small-claims court after I already pay the bills to have things cleaned up. And we're supposed to feel social, kinder, and more gentle? The only good thing is that when the really big limbs fall, they will destroy this neighbor's privacy fence, which he must keep up by law because he has a swimming pool--he already had to do one repair on it a few months ago, because it's rotten and a big piece fell over into my yard. Meanwhile, trees in our area are going down like flies, in the face of a record-setting drought and hot weather. Only in America.......and believe it or not, these neighbors and we have gotten along over the years very well...the only sticking point comes when money is involved.

To: MSI who wrote (4602)	8/22/2002 5:23:05 PM
From: David Jones	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 306849

...oxy-acetylene balloons... Roman candle wars and stamping out small fires. Got my ass chewed out more than once but funnn. Much of our present situation [imo] can be traced on how we build. The sub-division has separated us. No longer the mixed neighborhood but everyone living in a demographically similar home with need of a car to pick up a gallon of milk. With similar people living in similar areas/sub-divisions you get a some what predictable thinking/voting. I think of it a circling the wagons. You drive to your sub-division in your personal transportation device open the garage with press of a button and your gone. Without the children running about the neighborhood one could go a lifetime and never have a word with the guy three houses down. The order of things was once less regulated and building was to order as need and ownership. Ya it produced some poor situations but also the good. Housing that produced foot traffic and porches propagates a wave of the hand or a 'how are you/howdy'. The key word bantered about now is Neo- traditional. There's sites devoted to the understanding and examples scattered about. Communities here and there are warming to the concept. I don't think it's too late but it will take some time for the current sub-division to recycle. You see a sign of it today with over sized remodels and small business in the current older sub-divisions. In time the mix comes about. To trick is to find one that works now and buy in. One doesn't wish to drive hours a work day and find you forgot to pick up milk on the way home and to have pop back in the car. Much better to have a mixed neighborhood of hand wavers and howdys to send your middle aged child up a block or three for that milk. To find the same safety feeling one gets from the sub-division where the out of place is your first clue. But in a closer congenial atmosphere. I must be dreaming!