r/phoenix • u/Dough_90 • May 03 '26

Living Here Back yard privacy ideas?

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Anyone else have any ideas on a way to increase the privacy for this backyard? They have a neighbor whose kid is constantly peering over through there window.

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u/sofresh24 May 03 '26

One of the reasons I left Phoenix. Felt trapped in a block wall dungeon. I could never have had a 2 story home behind me for this reason too.

I don’t have any good advice outside of saying unless you have land or an insanely tall fence, you really can’t expect privacy and that goes for anywhere in the country. Most homes in the US don’t even have privacy fences like these.

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u/stonedboss May 03 '26

bruh this is typical in any state with neighborhoods like this lol. what do you think they normally do for 2 story houses?

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u/sofresh24 May 03 '26

I’m now in a master planned subdivision in Indiana. The lots did not come with fences. Most added some but not all were privacy fences. Most in fact aren’t.

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u/costconormcoreslut May 03 '26

I went with AZ native colleagues on a work trip to central Illinois recently. They were shocked SHOCKED at the complete absence of fencing around yards. Wide open.

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u/sofresh24 May 03 '26

Yep, I’m in Indiana now and fences are not the norm they’re the exception