Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

1980, Chip buys a ramshackle beach cottage.

1995, wealthy industrialist Dale builds a sprawling cabin next door, cuts off Chip’s view down beach.

2000, Chip moves his beloved shack toward the water, blocking Dale’s view up beach.

2004, Dale constructs a two-story boathouse, obliterating Chip’s sunset view. Winter storms blow it away.

2007, Dale builds a peaked roof boardwalk to the beach.

2009, shifting sands render it useless. Chip’s lawsuit blocks repairing it.

2010, Dale installs spite fencing from road to beach. Dale found dead in cabin.2023. Only 17 years till Chip is eligible for parole, return to cottage.