Fences - Page 5

Yorick · 08-02-2002, 01:07 PM

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Originally posted by Cloudbringer:

Yorick, that's interesting that your experience is that most places do fence or delineate the properties in some way. Maybe people were so overwhelmed by all the wide open spaces here at first that they just didn't bother? Dunno.

But Oz has wide open spaces too. Possibly more so, as the entire population of Australia is the same as that of New York/New Jersey Cities, though it covers an area of similar size to the USA.

Perhaps it's the predominance of a 'user pay' mentality in the USA. (Low taxes, limited welfare etc) Both parties normally agree to pay half the cost of a fence in Oz for example.

Do fences in the USA get paid for only by the one who erects it, or by both landowners?

Who the heck knows?

Yorick · 08-02-2002, 01:09 PM

You know, maybe some of it is due to the fact that whole villages from Ireland would come over together. I found an abandoned village in Ireland (for sale) that named the village they all went to in America.

Perhaps the 'no fence' vibe enhanced collectivity? A sense of union with each other?

johnny · 08-02-2002, 01:12 PM

Only the fence knows Yorrrick, only the fence knows.

Cloudbringer · 08-02-2002, 03:21 PM

Yorick, I wondered that too..the no fences maybe adding to the 'communal' feel of a village or town... I know that in rural (farm) areas of course they had/have fences for livestock but it's a curious thing about the villages.

Usually the person erecting the fence pays for it. If your neighbor has one up you can ask to attach to it and save yourself one side.

LennonCook · 08-02-2002, 07:53 PM

I`ve never seen a house without a fence/wall/hedge [img]tongue.gif[/img]
That`s the general way of distinguising a house from a corner store in Orange... fence=house, footpath=shop

Ladyzekke · 08-02-2002, 07:58 PM

In my area, mostly if a yard is fenced in at all (and this is in the city) it is in the back yard only. Dunno why, but there you have it.

Attalus · 08-02-2002, 08:07 PM

Lady Z, I think tat it is considered odd in the US to fence your front yard. I remember when some people up the street put in a beautiful wroght-iron fence, only on one side of their front yard, everybody assumed that they were feuding with their neighbors.

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08-02-2002, 01:12 PM	#43
johnny 40th Level Warrior Join Date: April 15, 2002 Location: Utrecht The Netherlands Age: 58 Posts: 16,981	Only the fence knows Yorrrick, only the fence knows. __________________

08-02-2002, 03:21 PM	#44
Cloudbringer Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Upstate NY USA Posts: 19,737	Yorick, I wondered that too..the no fences maybe adding to the 'communal' feel of a village or town... I know that in rural (farm) areas of course they had/have fences for livestock but it's a curious thing about the villages. Usually the person erecting the fence pays for it. If your neighbor has one up you can ask to attach to it and save yourself one side. __________________ "Don't take life for granted." Animal (may he rest in peace)

08-02-2002, 07:58 PM	#46
Ladyzekke Ironworks Atomic Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Virginia, U.S.A. Age: 57 Posts: 9,005	In my area, mostly if a yard is fenced in at all (and this is in the city) it is in the back yard only. Dunno why, but there you have it. __________________ Reality Show Recaps

08-02-2002, 08:07 PM	#47
Attalus Symbol of Bane Join Date: November 26, 2001 Location: Texas Age: 75 Posts: 8,167	Lady Z, I think tat it is considered odd in the US to fence your front yard. I remember when some people up the street put in a beautiful wroght-iron fence, only on one side of their front yard, everybody assumed that they were feuding with their neighbors. __________________ Even Heroes sometimes fail...

08-02-2002, 07:53 PM	#45
LennonCook Jack Burton Join Date: November 10, 2001 Location: Bathurst & Orange, in constant flux Age: 37 Posts: 5,452	I`ve never seen a house without a fence/wall/hedge [img]tongue.gif[/img] That`s the general way of distinguising a house from a corner store in Orange... fence=house, footpath=shop

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