Spite houses or homes on the rage as they're sometimes known are dwellings built for the sake of revenge either of city intervention with plans or less than pleasant neighbors. One such house is in Alameda,CA and fits both forms of revenge. The city took part of the man's land using the eminent domain clause and the neighbor supported the city in the case so the man built a house on his remaining piece of property which in turn blocked both the neighbor's view and natural light. Another spite house called the Skinny House is located in Boston and involved two brothers co-owning the same piece of property,while one brother was away at war the other brother built a large home with a view of the bay. When the brother returned from the war he built the Skinny house to block his brother's view even though he could only enter his house through an alley in the rear. I wonder if they lived in their spite houses happily ever after?
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