My Neighbors Treated My Fence Like It Was Theirs Until I Finally Put a Stop to It

had exactly two meaningful interactions with any neighbor: once to return a package that was delivered to my address by mistake, and once to ask if a dog that kept appearing in my yard was theirs. It was. They apologized. We moved on. This is, I think, the ideal form of neighbor relationship: cordial, minimal, low-maintenance.

I’m also not someone who continue reading …