Update: Resident confronts neighbors who continually botch lawn: 'The damage... hasn't been fixed'

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Jan 3, 2026 3:00 PM EST

This person is unhappy about the folks in their vicinity who simply "don't care at all about their neighbors." That's tough! It's hard to live around people who seemingly don't care at all about the people around them, whether they're disturbing the peace with loud music, or demolishing lawns like they'll grow back overnight. Like, I understand why people are self-centered, but it's so unpleasant to live around people who will trash their own streets. Hello?! You have to live on the same exact street you are ruining! 

As a resident who's living in a corner lot, they're already facing an uphill battle. The neighbors next door seem keen to transform their yard, whether that current resident likes it or not. This person explains that in their first months of living there, the neighbors removed trees and bushes, disrupting the local wildlife. Why? Oh, they thought that part of the yard was theirs. How convenient that they waited for a shift in apartment ownership before making such a big move! Almost like they thought they could get away with it, since a new resident might not realize what they were doing. This isn't the same as moving like, a rock or something. When you fell a bunch of trees and shrubs, every critter living inside now has to flee and find somewhere else to live. That tree can't be replanted into the same spot once it's been demolished and uprooted. It's just a changed landscape. And that's just one of the reasons this person is so disturbed by their neighbor's recent choices. 

One funny aspect of the story is a language barrier issue. The neighbors seem hesitant to speak English, which could've been a huge communication issue… if it wasn't the middle of the 2020s. We have technology that solves this! You don't need a translation book or something — you can instantly Google Translate any phrase at any time. There are even some apps (albeit still in beta phases) that can instantly translate both sides of a conversation. The neighbors may find it to be an easy way to avoid a tough conversation, but that's just a poor excuse in today's day and age. Check out the full story below, as well as the 2 subsequent updates!

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    I have neighbors who don't care at all about their neighbors. I live on a corner lot. I had neighbors move in next to me a year ago this past summer. Their house is to the side of me. About a month living there, they cut down trees in what they thought was their
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    back yard, but it was my other neighbor who is behind my house. He was able to get them to stop, but they removed so many trees a lot of wild life lost their homes. This past summer they ripped out all the bushes and cut down a huge tree in their other neighbor's yard to
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    put in a driveway. They were stopped, but the damage is done and hasn't been fixed. They were creating a driveway to go past the side of their house to create a parking lot behind their house. This is because they have their garage completely full of
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    crap/boxes and can only fit about 2 cars end to end in their driveway. No place to park on the main road. My issue is they mostly they park in the street, right across from my driveway so I need to be super careful pulling out. Once they park they walk across my lawn. Not
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    on the edge of the property but right in front of behind my house. I've told them no, I've yelled at them, opened my door quickly yelling at them scaring them. They always say "no English". So I've had my phone translate to stay off my property. They have no
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    regard for any other neighbors or the neighbors property or privacy. I just want them to stop.
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    As the top commenter suggested, they could always get a motion activated sprinkler! However, they instead went a different direction… 

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    Ready for update #1?

    UPDATE: Ok I have NEVER had a post blow up like this. I like the sprinkler idea but I live on a corner lot and I'm not allowed to enclose the property. They cross in the front yard and the backyard so I would need
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    to enclose the entire piece of property and I will consider putting sprinklers in in the summertime. I live in New York, so in the winter time, my hoses would freeze.
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    And the second update!

    UPDATE 2: my daughter's boyfriend's family came. by tonight to pick him up. The dad went over to speak with the daughter. She was walking across my lawn since she pulled up right after them. We were in the driveway and she just started walking across with us all out
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    there. She got nasty towards him as he told her to tell everyone to stop walking through my lawn.
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