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I should not be subjected to the smell of my neighbor's cooking, but here we are.

An important part of living in a civilized world is to put up with the merely annoying stuff our neighbors do. After all, the odds are good that you and I do at least one thing that annoys our neighbors as well.

Would you stop BBQing if your neighbour complained about it?

That's an interesting question. If someone had a smoker running all day, everyday, and it was an annoyance to neighbors - yes, I think there should be recourse.

One person shouldn't be allowed to harm other people's enjoyment of their property.

As someone who was vegan/vegetarian for many years, the smell of bbq used to make me ill. (I only eat meat now).

Only a self absorbed busybody loser jerk with nothing better to do would complain about the neighbors bbq'ing. 'get a life'.

Really? Someone shouldn't be able to smoke in their own house/property?