Posted on Jan 28, 2017
Do you subscribe to the narrative from Robert Frost that "good fences make good neighbors"? Why or why not?
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I recognize the obvious implications associated with this question. Share any personal experiences or otherwise that may or may not be applicable.
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Yes. Mutual respect and not imposing upon others without their permission is the soul of being a good neighbor.
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There may be another tag associated with this question that I did not see until reading your post. Thanks.
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It depends on the neighbors and the amount of land. I can barely see through the trees to their house when the leaves are gone in the winter and not at all in the summer. So a fence isn't an issue.
I think the spirit was to keep your and their animals contained on the right side. In other words don't spill your problems onto them and don't let them spill theirs onto you and everyone will be happy.
I think the spirit was to keep your and their animals contained on the right side. In other words don't spill your problems onto them and don't let them spill theirs onto you and everyone will be happy.
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Ironically, CPT (Join to see), Robert Frost's poem, Mending Wall, also questions the need for walls. This, from Wikipedia: "As the men work, the narrator questions the purpose of a wall 'where it is we do not need the wall'. He notes twice in the poem that 'something there is that doesn’t love a wall' but his neighbor replies twice with the proverb, 'Good fences make good neighbors'."
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I may have read this poem a long time ago, but I cannot recall. I find it interesting - the back forth dialogue between two opposing viewpoints. Thanks for the post.
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