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Originally Posted by zap
No Trespassing signs were awfully useful when a neighbor tried to steal some of our land.
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How so? Lack of signage wouldn't have made theft of the land any more legal. And as soon as you asked them to vacate, their trespassing on the land would become criminal (in Virginia at least).
And that also has nothing to do with basic land access for recreation. Nobody is saying somebody should be able to camp out long term in your back yard, or hunt without permission, or some other damaging use of the property.
My initial comment was about all the NO TRESPASSING signs in rural VW/WV. Just gives off a really negative vibe. Super inhospitable. And in most instances, I'd have no reason to be on their property anyways. In a very small number of instances, it would be nice to use an existing farm track or trail to get from A to B (vs using a public highway or whatever) but for whatever reason, Americans seem unwilling to entertain the notion that land should be available for recreation (as a default state, with mostly obvious exceptions, etc).