Our house has had a chain link fence probably since it was built (judging from the 4 feet deep sunk posts that the fence guys had to remove) - unfortunately, this meant that we regularly had to stare at our neighbors garbage that they let litter their driveway and yard (don't get us wrong - we really like our neighbors, their yard is just a mess).
We finally caved and had a fence company come out and replace it. Then we stained it...a bit more red than we had expected, but we're hoping it mellows out a tad in the sun.