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Originally Posted by graciegirl
I think that I put my response about my mom telling me to stay out of people's yards in your post and it may have seemed like I disagree with you but I don't.
I think that there are lots of ways that the streets could have been layed out differently and probably the rec centers could have had better access.
I think sidewalks everywhere would have improved this place too And sidewalks between lots at times leading to rec centers and all landscaped would have helped. Maybe, maybe not, I am not an urban design expert.
I didn't really MIND that people cut through. It is when they cut through and let their dogs poop and didn't clean it up. And this mostly happened when we were snowbirds and away and we paid extra for the lot to back on Odell. I don't understand about the well to do areas. All areas have about the same design of streets meandering around, don't they?
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This comment doesn't relate to cutting through yards in The Villages , however, when we were younger in this neighborhood in Vermont and all of the trees, shrubbery and other landscaping hadn't matured enough to create a "boundary" between one acre and half an acre lots (properties), it was our pet peeve when not only did people cut across our back yard, but actually SIT DOWN WITH THEIR KIDS and have a snack in our back yard.
Everyone, back then......cut through everyone's property to get to the next street.....or to wherever they were going.
Years later, when we put our inground pool in......and fenced all around.........the young moms would hang over our fence and strike up a conversation, with their little ones drooling to dive into the pool..........i guess it's done all over.
Now, fences, and such prevent that......shrubbery, etc.
Fences make for good neighbors........
We still have the dog owners who think our front lawn is their dog's potty, even with our dog poop sign down by the mailbox on the road.
However, in full explanation..........this had all been apple orchards and people were used to walking their dogs, etc. and taking hikes up the hills , etc.........prior to 1970 when the new homes began going in........
Our own kids, as they grew from babies to school age, along with their friends.........all knew which properties to cut through as "short cuts" to get down into town to the library or the movie theatre, etc........they called it "The pine trail"......but some of it was through folks' backyards...
So, we've been on both sides of the situation.......and there are still wide open trails up here which border some newer homes....but are still woods and edges of farmland.......and people do walk on it.