Good Neighbor

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor’s.

Richard Whately

Speaking of neighbors, from Atlas Obscura is this quaint article about the “The Incredible Complications of Living Atop the U.S.-Canada Border ”. Per one of the few who live in a house on the border: “A retired Canadian man named Raymond Trudel lives at 1165 Rue de la Frontiere, in a house that straddles both sides of the border. He’s allowed to enjoy all areas of his property, including his Canadian living room and his American backyard, but he can’t venture beyond the property line in back–if he did, he would be entering the United States illegally. He is however, allowed to wander around the U.S. in his own backyard, but nowhere else.”

About the author

Richard Whately , (1 February 1787 – 8 October 1863) was an English academic, rhetorician, logician, philosopher, economist, and theologian who also served as a reforming Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin. He was a leading Broad Churchman, a prolific and combative author over a wide range of topics, a flamboyant character, and one of the first reviewers to recognize the talents of Jane Austen.