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A person shared his story about living in a rural part of northern Michigan, where overhead power lines run along the road at the front of his property. There are no power poles on the property itself, and he had planted his new flower bed roughly ten feet away from the lines. Since the plants…
A person shared his story about living on a wooded property in Minnesota where the surrounding landscape had become part of everyday life. His family kept chickens, dealt with predators, and had gradually built a natural dead hedge along one side of their property. The hedge was not a simple pile of branches, because they…
A Pennsylvania homeowner never expected a few plants along the property line to become one of the biggest gardening problems she had ever faced. A person shared his story explaining that one neighbor had planted bamboo as a natural fence, and other nearby homeowners apparently liked the idea enough that bamboo eventually appeared on three…
A 28-year-old woman had reached a frustrating point in her dating life after a string of disappointing first dates. She had recently decided that she just wanted one date that made her genuinely want a second, because another bad experience felt almost unbearable. When she matched with a 26-year-old man on Hinge, she went into…
A person shared his story about leaving home for two weeks to visit his boyfriend’s family in Cyprus. Before leaving, there was one thing that needed regular attention: the many plants throughout the flat. Her older sister agreed to stop by, water everything, and make sure the plants stayed healthy while she was away. The…
A person shared his story about what started as a fairly normal neighbor situation and slowly turned into an apartment nightmare. In June, the person met the couple who were supposed to move into the apartment next door, along with their small dog. Since the two apartments shared a porch, the expectation was simple: both…
A person in Pennsylvania came home from work expecting an ordinary evening and instead discovered a tree service using his side yard as a private access road. The company had been hired by a neighbor to remove a large fallen branch, but apparently the workers decided the easiest route to the neighbor’s property was straight…
A family in New Jersey thought they had found an easy solution to a simple landscaping problem. They needed fill dirt after having trees removed, and a Facebook Marketplace listing appeared to offer exactly what they were looking for, apparently at no cost. Instead, several dump trucks arrived carrying material packed with bricks, broken concrete,…
A homeowner shared a frustrating problem involving a tree growing along the fence between their backyard and a neighboring property. They had lived in the home for about five years, and over time, the tree had started sending branches and roots into their side of the yard. Cutting the branches seemed to help temporarily, but…
A person shared a story after discovering that the buyer of a family member’s house had removed a tree and a rose bush from the backyard nearly two weeks before the scheduled closing. The property was vacant, but the sale had not yet been completed, and the buyer had never received permission to make changes….