At the Easton Pa airport, there is a small house across the street from the end of the runway 36. One day I flew the approach into RW 18 which has a down slope leading directly into the garage of the house. Also the runway is 1950 feet plus or minus long so it is a tight fit for a Baron anyway. Shortly after touchdown I realized that the plane was not going to stop on the runway so I pushed on the power and went around. Needless to say the homeowner was quite unhappy that I made so much noise. He was already at the counter of the FBO at Easton when I came in after changing direction and landing uphill, again, over the roof of his house but this time a little more quietly, since I wanted to put it on the numbers and leave some uphill roll out room.
He was having a rant about us stupid pilots who dont know how to fly blah blah blah. My only real answer was to apologize for making so much noise, but isn't it better to listen to a go around instead of have us come through the garage door?? I dont know how long he has lived at the end of the runway but I know that the airport has been there longer than he has, which is the usual problem with small airports in the country and almost everywhere else too. Just like "right to farm" which means that sometimes things smell funny in the country, airports that have been encroached should have "right to fly" signs on all 4 corners. Maybe the people who move to the country for peace and quiet and tranquility might think twice about buying next door. We get the same crap at our airport which has been encroached and is fenced in and has trees that block the runway approaches because they grow and we cant cut them down. Our Beech airplanes in particular are pretty noisy and I draw an occasional complaint too. However I am not going to move just because one neighbor is a chronic bitch artist.

It's not just us, she called out the highway patrol about combines and tractors in the road, and had the sheriff's department come out because a rabbit hunter's dogs crossed her property. She's just not the type of person who needs to be living in the country. The problem is when regulators don't recognize that the issue is a cultural divide and they try to appease her through exercise of their power.

Gets better than that; I bought my farm property and had wonderful conversations with them over the fence until I built a barn. They went absolutely hysterically crazy, cussed me until they were blue in the face and moved away. I even volunteered to plant trees, anything...no I had ruined their "view". To me their "view" of life had been ruined a long time ago. The small town nearby still talks about how despicable I am/was to do such a thing.

So Sam How can one have a farm without a barn? I thought that was what barns were for--to keep the farm equipment and animals in. Now what did you really say to them???

But live by the sword, die by the sword...I did get kinda cranked when people kept parking on my grass (it's hard enough to keep it alive, and they break my sprinkler heads). Since I live across the street from the river, this apparently grants all the boat people, mechanics and other associated people who rent slips/dock space from my neighbors the "right" to tear up my lawn...at least in their mind. I actually had one guy curse me out when I asked him to maybe park on the guys property where he keeps his boat.

But live by the sword, die by the sword...I did get kinda cranked when people kept parking on my grass (it's hard enough to keep it alive, and they break my sprinkler heads). Since I live across the street from the river, this apparently grants all the boat people, mechanics and other associated people who rent slips/dock space from my neighbors the "right" to tear up my lawn...at least in their mind. I actually had one guy curse me out when I asked him to maybe park on the guys property where he keeps his boat.