OP, I think these are stressful times so small things are taking on greater significance for people. My neighbours are at war over a right of way (luckily for us, with each other, not us). I do think it would be a good idea to find out who owns what in the passageway though.
I cannot bear the sweeping generalisations about 'boomers', which seem to include everyone over 50. I think in reality they can only refer to very rich people, as it certainly doesn't apply to anyone in my parents generation (70s) or mine (50s).
There are no boomers in my blood family. My parents are just too old and I am just too young. My parents lived through many years of rationing. Their first flat together only had an outside toilet. My mum has a food diary from when I was 2-3 listing what she and I were eating (my father worked away). For example, for dinner between us: one egg, scrambled, one slice of bread, toasted.
My DH, on the other hand, just counts as a boomer, being 57. We had to wait until we were in our 40s to buy a house and now have a huge mortgage. Our parents weren't rich enough to help us onto the property ladder and the cost of rent meant little chance to save for a deposit. In the 1990s we both worked full time in decent jobs and struggled to get by due to the cost of rent/commuting (in my 20s, in a shared flat, I spent half my take-home pay on London rent). DH will be working till he's 72 to keep paying the mortgage. We will get little inheritance from our parents; both fathers are dead already (mine at only 71, having worked his whole life and never retired), and their modest homes will probably be sold to pay for care.
I am not looking for sympathy at all, in fact our life is perfectly fine. I imagine lots of people our age (maybe couples with one 'boomer') are in the same situation. We are not on the breadline, but we are certainly not rich.
Can anyone explain where all that boomer wealth is? I'd love to get my hands on it!