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Post the place and send a blanket letter to the new neighbors subdivision, explaining that the place is privately owned, tresspassing will not be tolerated, this gets into a whole darned ball of wax, I'm dealing with it for years over here too, doing my best and it's been working, but people are such pains in the @ss when it comes to this. Springtime, is the worst, always more people to deal with. A neighbor like that is usually on the rise to become a self appointed activist, you definitely have to outsmart them, maintain a presence and exploit whatever laws, rights you have in your state, don't do anything stupid, these things always escalate. If any new developments are proposed nearby, go to the planning board meetings and put them on notice your concerns about tresspassers, put the developer on notice and cite any laws that are applicable, I did that here and continue to do it, so that when people do continue to tresspass, all concerned parties have been warned in adavance. We have new developments nearby on the horizon and I have been at every meeting putting them on notice, the place is posted and that the new condo dwellers should be instructed to heed the posted signs, and stay out, or they will deal with me, I'm not going anywhere, so please let the place be.
In my neighborhood, I'm one of the few remaining people from the old block in a manner of speaking, most have passed on, all the homes have been turned over now, and with that is neighbors that want to take over, change everything and give no respect for you, even though you have been at the place 40+ years. They dump yard trash over the line on our place, have too many cars and clog my road up cause they can't fit em in the driveway, block me from emergency services along with my 3 close neigbors at times, and they have a fleet of ATV's, want to use the place, what a real pain some have been, the old neighbors were not like this.
I have one neighbor who has been here just as long, the nicest people you'll ever meet, respectful, he's got great grandkids already, nice shop, always tinkering on small engines, classic cars, some really nice cars came out of that shop ( owned a business in small engine powered tools chainsaws and the like, sold it and works part time there still ) also keeps his place extremely immaculate. He got a deal on one of those 2 seater ATV utility whatever they are. He asked permission to take his granddaughter for a ride down to the big pond, to look at the geese, ducks and otters, it was a pleasure to let him come over, he even trimmed the branches on the trail. It seems people his/ my parents age are very polite, don't bother others and ask permission, always friendly, others just barge right in.
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