The Flecks' home is in North York, an outlying neighborhood bordering one of the wooded ravines along the eastern edge of the city.

"In Islip," Mr. Lowery said, "everyone with homes bordering a park or preserve has some kind of equipment to keep deer out."

The main village of the Calusa, and home of Carlos, bordered Estero Bay at present-day Mound Key where the Caloosahatchee River meets the Gulf of Mexico.

The Lulua are in fact a collection of small groups whose home bordered by the larger Luba state and the related Songye people and Chokwe people, with whom they share a very similar culture, history, and language.

Bordering the square are the Esnoga and four former synagogues, now together home of the Joods Historisch Museum (Jewish Historical Museum).

Tidy suburban homes bordered the larger cities and smaller towns as they did in every state across the country.

Two local residents whose homes border the polo property did approach him with issues that he said were worked out to their satisfaction.

But that offers small solace to people whose homes border the construction.

The lots are smaller than those in traditional area subdivisions, but some homes will border woodlands while others will overlook a four-acre pond.

Still, many local residents support the parkway project, and most of those whose homes border the park say they are not troubled by the weekend hunters, who help control the deer population.