I do this for a lot of games, but definitely for the Civ games. I play one generation behind because I can get the entire package for a reasonable price. And let’s be honest, I have shitloads of other games to play in the meantime. I’m not missing anything.

you couldn’t install it without trespassing, so you couldn’t legally build it that way anyways

I’ve helped build several fences. The solution to this is talking to your neighbour like a normal person and asking if they’ll let you do it.