Family Plans Fall Apart Over Neighbor’s Stubbornness, They Don’t See Any Issue

Owning a piece of land in a remote location sounds like a dream to many. For them, few things are better than getting to enjoy the starry skies and sounds of nature instead of light pollution and sounds of traffic.

For this redditor, a quiet remote location seemed like the more attractive option, too. That’s why they purchased two lots and made it into one large piece of land, so they have plenty of space. But soon enough the neighbors came asking to use said space, to which the landowner said no – a decision that split the netizens into camps. Scroll down to find the full story below.

Even though the trend over the last decades has been people leaving rural areas for cities, recent statistics show that there has been a spike of interest in rural life that started in 2020. Likely largely affected by the Covid-imposed lockdowns, quite a few people decided to change scenery for one a bit more tranquil than what the city has to offer.

A Gallup’s poll found that by the end of 2020, close to half (48%) of Americans said they’d like to live in a town or a rural area, rather than a city or a suburb, if they could choose to live anywhere. Back in 2018, only 39% would have opted for one of the former two.

According to Gallup, those already living in a rural area or a town are very unlikely to move into the city, as only 12% of respondents said they would prefer the latter. However, out of those living in the city, 30% would prefer to change places with residents of quieter locations.

In the comments under the post, the OP shared that they, too, switched from living in a major city—where they spent the first 30 years of their life—to a place “in the middle of nowhere, where they can hear bugs and birds, and see stars and not have to listen to people yelling.”

But it seems that it’s not only people in rural areas that share the same sentiments regarding people yelling. According to a survey carried out in the UK, the thing people want more than anything else, in regards to their neighbors, is for them to be quiet and peaceful. (And the survey wasn’t seemingly based on the views of those living in rural areas only.)

They also want someone who’s friendly and chatty, and—almost nearly as importantly—they want someone who respects an individual’s parking space. The neighbors in the redditor’s story were clearly respectful enough to ask their fellow resident to let them use their property for parking; they even offered to pay for it and fix any damages, were their cars to cause any. But their arguments couldn’t make the redditor change their stance, which redditors seemed to have different opinions on.