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Originally posted by Epona:
Practically EVERYONE in the UK with a garden has either hedge, fence or wall around it. A large proportion of arguments with neighbours are border disputes. It is almost second nature to us to stick a fence round anything that's 'ours' as a demarkation line. Dunno what that's about!
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LOL, but that's exactly the kind of thing that interests me here!
I'm wondering if it's the older neighborhoods (like in the UK, where property must be at a premium!) that fences/hedges etc are a must or considered the norm rather than a 'luxury' or something one does if a whim strikes. Or is it some other cultural thing that drives the urge to demarcate property? LOL.. oooookay... Cloudy's being sociologially thoughtful this morning!
Is it the way property is viewed? Cost factors? Do you fence/hedge just because the neighbor did? In my own neighborhood several people got fences just like or very similar to mine within a month or so of my putting up the one on my property. They liked the idea once they saw it in person.