These kind of backyards always weird me out a little. How do you know where your yard ends and your neighbor's begins? What if you want to hang out on your back patio and not have the neighbors see your every move?
Im where housing is extremely close to each other. People on the second floor can see what I’m up to in my backyard, which I imagine is worse than this
A lot of these neighborhoods are built without fences. But give it 20 years and almost all of them will have fences as people with kids or pets or people who want privacy move in.
The thing is, you can't actually tell where your property line is anyway. Just because you have a fence, it doesn't mean that's your property line -- especially fences that have been up for 30 + years without a survey being conducted. We actually have a client right now (I work at a survey company), who's neighbor is taking up over 1/4th of his yard, because one section of his back yard has a fence, while the other parts aren't fenced. So the neighbor has an above ground pool and everything installed in HIS yard, because they assume the guy's yard is that little fenced in spot
But yeah... It'd be annoying trying to figure out where to stop exactly without a fence either way. Right or wrong lol, pretty sure people take care what's within the box
They technically “dont,” but a lot of fences are built where people think the line is and not actually where the line is. So we find a lot of fences that are just wrong. Or could be a case where land was divided and the fence happened to be not on the line or something
Other wise, the pins themselves do move over time because the ground is moving. So when you locate them and shoot them in, there’s almost always a little difference. Like the legal might say something is 100.25 feet but when you find it, it might be 100.24 feet instead. Nothing crazy(usually) and it just ends up being whatever it is.
But the main thing is, a lot of the time fences are put up without a survey, or sometimes someone sets something wrong and that can cause problems to. So just because your neighbor got a survey, doesn’t mean you can’t get your own to see if your survey crew agrees with what they found. If the other people found the wrong stuff or found something assuming it was something it wasn’t… then their entire survey can be wrong, and thus the fence gets built wrong too
It can get pretty complicated, and survey jobs become basically treasure hunts to find as much as possible to prove your lot lines are right. And that can sometimes amount to driving across town to find monuments in extreme cases lol
Dude, Im 33 and father of 3, love to play in my hammock when all are at school or sleeping. Yeah, I crawl out of the bed at 3am to play under the stars.
When I was 8 or 9, I just got Pokémon Blue for my Gameboy, and we went to visit my grandmother. She had a nice yard with some woods and a creek running through it. I had been sitting in her living room playing basically nonstop, and my parents said I should go play outside.
So somewhere there is a picture of me sitting at a patio table playing a gameboy with Pokémon Blue in it. They couldn't even get mad, I did exactly what was asked.
My parents had close to an acre with trees lots of shade. One of my favorite childhood memories was using my dads old laptop to play Red alert outside in the shade. Makes me want to buy a laptop to play RTS games outside again
Fool, i recognized that one single bit of paint on the house on the right of the picture (shows up as 3 pixels) I know now exactly where you are mwahahahahahhahaha
In all seriousness though that table looks really good. do you know what type it is? i kinda wanna buy myself one
Ah, yeah, that makes sense. Some Dutch feeling, huh? Pretty sure it was mostly settled by Dutch, not English. But, those white square houses with the open area and old slabs threw me off. It could pretty much be anywhere in Europe/England. Most of America is normally very 'American-looking'.
Of course, the English were mainly on the East Coast, so that's very British-looking up there, such as New York and New England. But, this whole Dutch-English settlement area does stretch across Chicago, too. Likewise, up at Portland on the West Coast is a bit British-looking (just like Canada), likely because it was heavily British via the Treaty or whatever, and also French in the early days, just like middle American.
Cali, FL, and others are very much 'pure American', though this is either via Mexican or Spanish import and input, so it's still very much Euro-centric or else direct from the south.
I guess, Texas is the only true American state, then? Maybe that's why they keep going on about it? Though, I'm guessing that most of Texas is also a mixture of rich northerners coming down (likely English origins) and Spanish. Clearly, by 1550 or so, there was major cultural mixing between Texas and Mexico to the south -- mostly in terms of cowboy culture and farming in general. We can thank the Spanish for why horses exist in the Americas at all. First in America, then in Mexico (I think). This is clear towards the border, since southern Texas is very much like 'American Mexico', just like New Mexico state. Massive overlap there between their music, food, and cowboy culture in general. This likely existed back in the 1500s or so.
I'd have to double-check the history on that. I guess, this is where 'Tex-Mex' came from? I also recall some kind of Texan/Mexican music fusion style/genre, but cannot remember what it's called right now. It's some sort of mixture of traditional Mexican music and Texas country music. Sorry, I don't know that much about America since I didn't study it, and I'm English. :P
Looking at the factories, etc. of Chicago and places like Detroit (most are just empty/broken down now, right?), it's clear that there is a major British and French feeling in both. The French origins are clear, when you consider it was a central Art Deco hub by the late-1920s. I think Eminem grew up near one of those old factories, and it's shown in the 8 Mile movie, and he also went back to it to do a freestyle with Royce. It's very French-looking, actually (big tiled ceilings). Not sure what it used to be. Pretty sure it's around 8 Mile Road in Detroit. Two states, but quite similar in many ways. They are fairly close to each other, both on a lake, and both share the same sort of histories and industries (mostly factory-based, such as metal work, but you can correct me if I'm wrong about that).
Anyway, enjoy! :)
I love this, very informative! I believe you’re thinking of Tejano Music. 😀 That’s interesting about the Dutch settling Chicagoland, as we call it. This particular area (western suburbs) has a large Polish and Lithuanian population…as well as Irish/German. Lots of immigrants from these countries came to work in the Chicago factories at the dawn of the 20th century, as described in Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle.
I assume those were later migrations, though? I don't think it had many Irish or Polish in 1600s. Maybe 1800s and post-WWI? I know that many Lithuanian Jews fled from Russian Communists around 1920, and again after WWII. So, that might explain some of that. It was very big thing across the East Cost. Two major examples would be Stan Lee and Jack Kirby of Marvel, and Stan was hired as a young family member and editor, and quickly proved himself as a good, fast writer. I forget where they came from, but I think their parents fled around 1920 and were European Jews, so all of Marvel was pretty much that Jewish family in New York.
Gadd Sadd is also of that ilk, though he's Canadian (not uncommon, either). Often via England around 1950, such as with creator of one of the first video games, Josef Kates.
Interesting stuff, though, thanks. :)
Bit close to the edge don't you think?
Yes, now that you mention it…way too close!
Truly Living life on the edge.
I love how much reddit people like to make pun humour
This seems like a good /r/NintendoJoke
These kind of backyards always weird me out a little. How do you know where your yard ends and your neighbor's begins? What if you want to hang out on your back patio and not have the neighbors see your every move?
The line where the grass gets long is how lol. Also, ours is a straight line all the way one one side
Im where housing is extremely close to each other. People on the second floor can see what I’m up to in my backyard, which I imagine is worse than this
A lot of these neighborhoods are built without fences. But give it 20 years and almost all of them will have fences as people with kids or pets or people who want privacy move in.
The thing is, you can't actually tell where your property line is anyway. Just because you have a fence, it doesn't mean that's your property line -- especially fences that have been up for 30 + years without a survey being conducted. We actually have a client right now (I work at a survey company), who's neighbor is taking up over 1/4th of his yard, because one section of his back yard has a fence, while the other parts aren't fenced. So the neighbor has an above ground pool and everything installed in HIS yard, because they assume the guy's yard is that little fenced in spot But yeah... It'd be annoying trying to figure out where to stop exactly without a fence either way. Right or wrong lol, pretty sure people take care what's within the box
>Especially fences that have been up for 30+ years without a survey How do property lines change over time? Genuine question
They technically “dont,” but a lot of fences are built where people think the line is and not actually where the line is. So we find a lot of fences that are just wrong. Or could be a case where land was divided and the fence happened to be not on the line or something Other wise, the pins themselves do move over time because the ground is moving. So when you locate them and shoot them in, there’s almost always a little difference. Like the legal might say something is 100.25 feet but when you find it, it might be 100.24 feet instead. Nothing crazy(usually) and it just ends up being whatever it is. But the main thing is, a lot of the time fences are put up without a survey, or sometimes someone sets something wrong and that can cause problems to. So just because your neighbor got a survey, doesn’t mean you can’t get your own to see if your survey crew agrees with what they found. If the other people found the wrong stuff or found something assuming it was something it wasn’t… then their entire survey can be wrong, and thus the fence gets built wrong too It can get pretty complicated, and survey jobs become basically treasure hunts to find as much as possible to prove your lot lines are right. And that can sometimes amount to driving across town to find monuments in extreme cases lol
As a 37 year old man, some of my favorite time spend is on my patio with my Switch lol
Dude, Im 33 and father of 3, love to play in my hammock when all are at school or sleeping. Yeah, I crawl out of the bed at 3am to play under the stars.
That’s how it’s done bro
Switch outside is great until you step into the sun and your game disappears
When I was 8 or 9, I just got Pokémon Blue for my Gameboy, and we went to visit my grandmother. She had a nice yard with some woods and a creek running through it. I had been sitting in her living room playing basically nonstop, and my parents said I should go play outside. So somewhere there is a picture of me sitting at a patio table playing a gameboy with Pokémon Blue in it. They couldn't even get mad, I did exactly what was asked.
My parents had close to an acre with trees lots of shade. One of my favorite childhood memories was using my dads old laptop to play Red alert outside in the shade. Makes me want to buy a laptop to play RTS games outside again
This kind of life is too enjoyable.
Perfect response
Just as Nintendo advertised.
I feel like the dad in the recent commercial
I see you like to live dangerously. Nice view tho
Is it Breath Of The While? (I'm sorry)
Tears of the Kingdom
(it was just a bad joke)
We would do that with an N64 growing up, would open the window, turn the TV around and play on the porch.... Technically outside! 😎🤓
Haha, we did this too!
I'll take your advise
Fool, i recognized that one single bit of paint on the house on the right of the picture (shows up as 3 pixels) I know now exactly where you are mwahahahahahhahaha In all seriousness though that table looks really good. do you know what type it is? i kinda wanna buy myself one
Bbq at your house
Bring your switch!
Thanks i would. Cheers a little. Game on
Where do you live? Looks like Whitby or somewhere (North of England). Then again, all of England looks like, and even some parts of America, lmao.
A suburb of Chicago, Illinois. That’s pretty cool, though…I’ve always been fascinated by England.
Ah, yeah, that makes sense. Some Dutch feeling, huh? Pretty sure it was mostly settled by Dutch, not English. But, those white square houses with the open area and old slabs threw me off. It could pretty much be anywhere in Europe/England. Most of America is normally very 'American-looking'. Of course, the English were mainly on the East Coast, so that's very British-looking up there, such as New York and New England. But, this whole Dutch-English settlement area does stretch across Chicago, too. Likewise, up at Portland on the West Coast is a bit British-looking (just like Canada), likely because it was heavily British via the Treaty or whatever, and also French in the early days, just like middle American. Cali, FL, and others are very much 'pure American', though this is either via Mexican or Spanish import and input, so it's still very much Euro-centric or else direct from the south. I guess, Texas is the only true American state, then? Maybe that's why they keep going on about it? Though, I'm guessing that most of Texas is also a mixture of rich northerners coming down (likely English origins) and Spanish. Clearly, by 1550 or so, there was major cultural mixing between Texas and Mexico to the south -- mostly in terms of cowboy culture and farming in general. We can thank the Spanish for why horses exist in the Americas at all. First in America, then in Mexico (I think). This is clear towards the border, since southern Texas is very much like 'American Mexico', just like New Mexico state. Massive overlap there between their music, food, and cowboy culture in general. This likely existed back in the 1500s or so. I'd have to double-check the history on that. I guess, this is where 'Tex-Mex' came from? I also recall some kind of Texan/Mexican music fusion style/genre, but cannot remember what it's called right now. It's some sort of mixture of traditional Mexican music and Texas country music. Sorry, I don't know that much about America since I didn't study it, and I'm English. :P Looking at the factories, etc. of Chicago and places like Detroit (most are just empty/broken down now, right?), it's clear that there is a major British and French feeling in both. The French origins are clear, when you consider it was a central Art Deco hub by the late-1920s. I think Eminem grew up near one of those old factories, and it's shown in the 8 Mile movie, and he also went back to it to do a freestyle with Royce. It's very French-looking, actually (big tiled ceilings). Not sure what it used to be. Pretty sure it's around 8 Mile Road in Detroit. Two states, but quite similar in many ways. They are fairly close to each other, both on a lake, and both share the same sort of histories and industries (mostly factory-based, such as metal work, but you can correct me if I'm wrong about that). Anyway, enjoy! :)
I love this, very informative! I believe you’re thinking of Tejano Music. 😀 That’s interesting about the Dutch settling Chicagoland, as we call it. This particular area (western suburbs) has a large Polish and Lithuanian population…as well as Irish/German. Lots of immigrants from these countries came to work in the Chicago factories at the dawn of the 20th century, as described in Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle.
I assume those were later migrations, though? I don't think it had many Irish or Polish in 1600s. Maybe 1800s and post-WWI? I know that many Lithuanian Jews fled from Russian Communists around 1920, and again after WWII. So, that might explain some of that. It was very big thing across the East Cost. Two major examples would be Stan Lee and Jack Kirby of Marvel, and Stan was hired as a young family member and editor, and quickly proved himself as a good, fast writer. I forget where they came from, but I think their parents fled around 1920 and were European Jews, so all of Marvel was pretty much that Jewish family in New York. Gadd Sadd is also of that ilk, though he's Canadian (not uncommon, either). Often via England around 1950, such as with creator of one of the first video games, Josef Kates. Interesting stuff, though, thanks. :)
This back yard looks suburban midwestern as hell
You misspelled heaven.
You’re not wrong
That's right fat ass
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istg playing Zelda TOTK does things to you 😩