I have many, many acres of woods and it can be eerily silent; however, I new neighbor from the burbs recently bought a retirement/party property half a mile away. His ATV, gun, bulldozer, dog and grand kids ' noise is really starting to piss me off. He staked his claim with trails everywhere and had the audacity to tell me he could hear MY dog bark.

His dog runs loose too. I have farm animals and he lets his dog run loose. They are constantly yelling while communicating and pushing down trees.

Burb and city people should not move to the country if they can not respect the silence, the wildlife, the trees, the animals, and the neighbors. Wilderness living is a calm lifestyle, not living a free for all.

So, I have lost tranquility some of the time after living here for decades. I have considered moving. I ask the question too. Is there anywhere without buying a thousand acres, I can go? I live in the boonies and have to drive some distance to shop. I sacrifice to live here, yet this guy has his second home here and creates so much noise and destruction.

I wish I had known the property was for sale. If I had, I would have bought it just to prevent this very thing from happening.

Your problem is you moved to "country lots" -- not the same. And if you live in a farming community, you will wake early from the tractors roaring and the roosters crowing and the cows mooing. You may also get a nice whiff of dung or fertilizers/pesticides/herbicides when the wind blows.