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I wonder if there were times when someone was a terrible neighbour and the nearby farmers just refused to help. Like, say some dude who got drunk and didn't take care of his land so he had pests who infested nearby farms. Or he borrowed equipment from the neighbours and didn't return it, or returned it broken.
Imagine an auction like that where a guy thinks his neighbours are going to prevent people from bidding, but instead they bid to take his farm because they hate him so much.
Reminds me of that case of the guy getting murdered in broad daylight, and every eyewitness saying they saw nothin'
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_McElroy
Imagine being such a piece of work that several dozen people independently decide not to help with your murder investigation... ~~and still managing to find a wife~~
Of course that story is awful too, I should have guessed
Um... Well, he didn't exactly "find a wife" in the way most people do.
"Relationship" is doing a LOT of heavy lifting there.
I suspect it was a small enough community that they could deal with those people without much problem.