No fences
When you have a yard, you really just want some privacy and will do whatever it takes to get it. So you build a fence and put up some trees so that you can achieve that level of protection from your neighbor’s eyes. After all, you don’t want them to see what you are up to back there.
But these people had that right taken from them by the homeowners association which stopped them from building a fence and all they were left with was a bill. Now their property goes right into the one next door and there is nothing they can do about it. So much for privacy.