Pros and cons of living at the end of a dead end road

[Country Geek]

Google Maps had some odd non-existent roads on my place, I suspect as a copyright protection, and I was able to get them to correct and remove the roads from their maps.

They usually do fake place names on existing roads for that, not add roads that don't exist. Unlike non-existent roads, the fake place names don't lead their users astray.

Anyone can use google map maker to correct errors on google maps, btw.

 

[Oaktree]

I will not say I am anti-social, but if you show up here unexpected (in the neighbourhood and decided to drop by) you will get run off. I kick people off here about three times a year, usually they are selling religion. The conversation usuall goes like this;
Me: Hi, did you phone here first to let me know you were coming out?
Them: No, we don't have your number.
Me: Then you are not expected and not welcome, please leave.
Them: We are promoting whatever.
Me: Maybe you should go back to school and learn what signs that say 'NO TRESPASSING' mean. Get out! N O W!
They usually leave. If not, then I just call the cops and let them deal with the people. I supply the license plate number and description of the vehicle.

Not very friendly are you? I don't think I've had to call and ask permission to visit someone since I was 9 years old. I met most of my neighbors either by walking up and introducing myself, or they did the same. Sorry, but you come across like a total jerk in this post.

I just don't see any need to be rude & obnoxious. I don't like it when the Jehova Witnesses come around either, but they will leave if you just say you're not interested.

 

[bindian]

Not very friendly are you? I don't think I've had to call and ask permission to visit someone since I was 9 years old. I met most of my neighbors either by walking up and introducing myself, or they did the same. Sorry, but you come across like a total jerk in this post.

I just don't see any need to be rude & obnoxious. I don't like it when the Jehova Witnesses come around either, but they will leave if you just say you're not interested.

Oaktree,
I can understand Looking4new's point of view. I work nights. My neighbors know when I am awake and come by then.......and they walk up. Rude folks trying to sell me something ignore my no trespassing signs and drive past them...........up into my driveway and pound their fist on my back door. This wakes me up and all I want to do it get them to leave, before I am too awake to go back to sleep. Some folks just don't get it and are a pest and keep talking when I say leave..................so Looking4new is right on........majority of the time.
What gets my goat is I am outside and someone pulls up and just sits there. I start walking over and they turn around and drive off. Now who is rude...........or a criminal?
The difference here is Looking4new is talking about strangers. You're talking about neighbors.
hugs, Brandi

 

[hawkeye08]

We live part way down a dead end county gravel road that has dead end sign near where it comes off the payment. We get folks up here all the time thinking the road goes through, sign must be a mistake. If you pull into my driveway, you have gone past the no trespassing sign, that is your second mistake (first one was continuing past dead end sign).

We mostly enjoy the situation, but on occasion have to run trespassers off that think they can go anywhere they want, regardless whether it is private property or not...

 

[TnAndy]

I live at the end of the road, and love it.

Lot of the problems mentioned in this thread could be solved by:

1. Build your house WAY back from the end of the road. Google camera has been to the end of my road, but has no 'street view' of my house, because the house is 1500' from the end of the road, and around a curve.

2. GATE YOUR PROPERTY. I have a electric gate opener on mine (after years of a farm gate we had to get out to open/close), and put a motion detector floodlight facing out to the public side of the gate. This cuts out the 'tourists' that would come up your driveway for a look, the salesmen that never learned to read a "NO TRESPASSING" sign, the 'lovers' that would park in your gateway, the beer drinkers, and so on.

 

[TnAndy]

Not very friendly are you? I don't think I've had to call and ask permission to visit someone since I was 9 years old. I met most of my neighbors either by walking up and introducing myself, or they did the same. Sorry, but you come across like a total jerk in this post.

I just don't see any need to be rude & obnoxious. I don't like it when the Jehova Witnesses come around either, but they will leave if you just say you're not interested.

Yeah, you've clearly never been the subject of a daytime burglary. People call ahead here as well, or they have to climb over a fence and trespass. Then they get met with a shotgun. Ask the census guy.

 

[Looking4new]

Three years ago I ran the census takers off this place with a 'Hi, you must be lost. If you are on this property then you have already gotten lost, now get out!' They left. Turns out the ct was a niece of my neighbour. He called over and brought her to the house.

 

[RalphVa]

We also put in an electronic (solar powered) gate on our driveway.

It's to stop stuff like the next door neighbor's kid inviting friends to park at their house for UVa football games. One friend drove right down our driveway one day, got out and handed me his keys. Queried him as to what is going on and found he was at the wrong house.

Of course, the mail lady has often come sailing in, too. She doesn't mind naked guys. She and UPS and Fedex now leave all that stuff at the gate.

Ralph

 

[Looking4new]

Of course, the mail lady has often come sailing in, too. She doesn't mind naked guys. She and UPS and Fedex now leave all that stuff at the gate.
Ralph

What has been seen, cannot be unseen.

 

[FTG-05]

Not very friendly are you? I don't think I've had to call and ask permission to visit someone since I was 9 years old. I met most of my neighbors either by walking up and introducing myself, or they did the same. Sorry, but you come across like a total jerk in this post.

I just don't see any need to be rude & obnoxious. I don't like it when the Jehova Witnesses come around either, but they will leave if you just say you're not interested.

What's rude and obnoxious are trespassers willingly and deliberately ignoring numerous "No Trespassing" signs - for whatever reason. L4N's response is right on as far as I'm concerned.