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Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

lolakimono — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 10:37:01 GMT

An excerpt from "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost-

...

Before I built a wall I'd ask to know

What I was walling in or walling out,

And to whom I was like to give offense.

Something there is that doesn't love a wall,

That wants it down.’ I could say ‘Elves’ to him,

But it's not elves exactly, and I'd rather

He said it for himself. I see him there

Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top

In each hand, like an old-stone savage armed.

He moves in darkness as it seems to me,

Not of woods only and the shade of trees.

He will not go behind his father's saying,

And he likes having thought of it so well

He says again, ‘Good fences make good neighbors.’

Does this fence abide the rule?

Re: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

Imaoldhippie — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 11:13:33 GMT

How inventive, I really like it and it can be enjoyed from both sides. So it gets my vote as a good neighbor.

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Desertdi — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 12:52:24 GMT

Personally, I love it.........but I am CERTAIN my neighbor would call the HOA, the Zoning Commission, City Hall, the Governor.......etc. etc. etc. (or possibly, just destroy it herself.)

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shoptilyadropagain — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 12:53:56 GMT

I wouldn't like it if I were the neighbor on the other side of the fence. I don't absolutely hate it but certainly don't love it either. I would hope the homeowner would ask his/her neighbor first.

I think this type of fence is better suited for a side of a fence that backs up to a wooded area or something similar.

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alicedee — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 12:58:50 GMT

I love that fence!

About 2 weeks ago I bought a copy of "Complete Poems of Robert Frost 1949." When I randomly opened it, the first poem I read was "Mending Wall."

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faeriemoon — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 13:13:41 GMT

I love it. I have always loved the bubble look in jewelry, and I gues it turns out I like it in fences too.

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DREAMON — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 13:14:43 GMT

Cute for a Beach/Waterfront house.

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software — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 14:08:52 GMT

I guess if you are going to have a fence, this one is OK

I live in an older community, first houses built in 1930, then many more for the baby boom. Very few people have a fence, myself included. I've never seen an attractive fence.

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Bhvbum — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 14:17:15 GMT

it's hard to tell if this fence divides a property or is simply the front part of a single property and that is the entrance gate?

Also this could be a country house with no close neighbors around it.

I really like it. The house in the background appears to be an older one. If it's in town there are usually some guidelines on fences.

Re: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

HLP — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 14:35:27 GMT

@Imaoldhippie wrote:
How inventive, I really like it and it can be enjoyed from both sides. So it gets my vote as a good neighbor.

I think it's tacky.

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wilma — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 15:10:23 GMT

It’s ok. It wouldn’t bother me if my neighbor had it, but I wouldn’t choose it for myself.

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ladycos — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 16:00:02 GMT

Might be ok in the right setting.

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spiderw — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 16:06:34 GMT

It is very unusual and certainly unique. I do not love it but do like it and it wouldn't bother me if my neighbor had a fence like that.

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Spurt — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 16:49:11 GMT

Unless your neighbor has the same exact taste in decor I think it would create a lot of problems....

It just calls to mind Cynthia with the HOA in the Geico commercial......I wonder what she'd do..... 😆

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J Town Girl — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 17:16:20 GMT

I don't care for it at all. I would never do something to my property that my neighbors had to look at. If you lived out in the country and had no neighbors around and that sort of thing appealed to you then go for it. But when you live in a neighborhood with an adjoining fence then you have to consider whether your neighbors share the same esthetics.

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aroc3435 — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 18:58:33 GMT

@lolakimono Very fanciful, whimsical gate. I like it and would probably like the person who owned it.

aroc3435

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Katcat1 — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 19:27:47 GMT

Creative but i do not care for it. If I want color I will have in my artwork at home inside.

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ECBG — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 22:46:57 GMT

The fence is a bit too "eclectic" for me. It wouldn't make our homeowner's assoc. rules.

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candys mine — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 23:13:19 GMT

I Like it. It's a HECK of a lot btter than chain link. wouldn't last a day in my neughborhood.

P.S. What an unhappy poem.

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Citrine1 — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 00:24:05 GMT

Not a fan. Not even a little bit.