I agree with you on that! I’m not blaming the neighbor. It was just hard for me to understand that not everybody knows their neighbors like we do here.
My nearest neighbor, besides my daughter that lives here on the farm, is about 1/4 mile across the road and cow pasture from me. She keeps an eye on the place when we are gone by using binoculars. My daughter bought a new car a couple of years ago and as soon as she parked it in the driveway I got a call from the neighbor asking if I knew there was a strange care in the driveway. LOL Another time we had visitors from Wisconsin that stayed with us for a week. The phone was ringing off the wall all week by people wanting to know who we knew in Wisconsin. They all saw a strange car parked in the driveway and were slowing down to take a look. Several even dropped by to meet them.
Like I said, it’s that kind of place. It’s a small town thing.
Last year we moved into our new house — we knew the neighbors across the street, who told us they were leaving on vacation, and that Grandma could park her car in their driveway. Within 15 minutes of her parking there, the police showed up searching the block and the neighbor’s house for robbery suspects — all because a nosy neighbor called the police. My poor Mother had to walk across the street to meet with police, prompting tripping right in front of them and falling down on the pavement. Needless to say, I wasn’t too happy with that neighbor, but I had to try to see things from their point of view. It was hard, though.