Community Chat

[CrazyDaisy]

As annoying as neighbors can be, I do not kid myself that I may do some things that may annoy them.  Reading posts over the years there have been numerous complaints about dogs, fireworks, lawnmowers, loud music etc.  How much patience and compromise do you have concerning things in your neighborhood?  If it is as bad as some claim, why do they not look for something they like better?

[hckynutjohn]

That is why we moved out of a housing complex into our more rural area. Very few houses in a square mile area, and all have acres of land.

Sure we have neighbors, but not houses squeezed together "lot line to lot line" as in many housing complexes. Can't get away from the fireworks, but it is hard for any neighbor to annoy another, with the exception of 1 of my neighbors. It wasn't for anything they did, but for what they didn't do. Have got no use for them now and never will.

[Marp]

You must be truly blessed to be in a position to be able to just pull up stakes and relocate at the drop of a hat.  Very fortunate for you not so realistic for most.

[cherry]

Ever hear of, out of the frying pan, into the fire?

[chickenbutt]

So often people cannot just pick up and move and, as Cherry eluded, what you get next might be even worse.

I like my neighborhood and have been pretty lucky.  I have an inverted corner lot (the street is 'U' shaped and I'm in one of those elbows) so I have like 5 properties surrounding the sides and back of my property. 

It seems like at any given time, at at least one of those properties there have been people who have dogs that bark incessantly whenever we would go into our own backyard.  It's annoying, but I know it could be worse.

When Ru was little I taught him that we do NOT bark at the neighbors and he grew up a good boy and didn't do it.  Even if one of their dogs barks he doesn't say anything.   If I could do it, anybody could.    But then you have the neanderthals who leave their poor dogs outside all the time.  Dogs don't like to be alone so it's cruel.

The worst I see on my street, as there are some schools around me, is when school is out and the kids throw their trash in the street, on the sidewalk, and on other peoples' lawns.  It's a shame that kids aren't taught not to litter anymore. 

Anyway, the moral of the story is - even if worse comes to my area there is no way we could pick up and leave.  I'll die in this house.  Not moving again!

[gmkb]

I am fortunate to live in an adult development with covenants that you agree to when you buy. There are always folks who have difficulty adhering, but for the most part it works very well. The rules are not undoable; just things like no purple or pink houses, no life size statues in the yard, no artificial flowers in the yard - all perfectly reasonable.

[Montana]

Although I live in a suburban area right off a busy thoroughfare, my neighborhood is extremely quiet. The houses are close together but people seldom make any noise - even the children. Once in a while someone will have a party which is obviously for a special occasion but that's it. New neighbors quickly settle into the quiet routine. Reading all the complaints, I realize just how lucky I am.

[IamMrsG]

We used to live in a neighborhood where there were neighbors who were nuisances to everyone.  At that time, we could not move away because I was the sole caregiver for my elderly and ill parents.

I became familiar with our city's website where the ordinances were posted. They became my tools and I felt no compunction about reporting infractions.  Those ordinances are made to protect your quality of life, so use them!

There was one neighbor who kept their dogs penned outside.  They barked incessantly.  I went door-to-door to ask other neighbors if they were being as bothered as I.  Of course they all were, so we banded together and knocked on the bad neighbors' door.  There we all stood, en masse, when they opened the door.  There wasn't much they could retort when we told them we were all fed up and that if quiet didn't rule PDQ, we had made a pact to start calling the police every time. Problem solved.  

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[RedTop]

I have always been blessed to live very rural where the only people around me are family. Then a cousin sold his lot to another redneck family who moved an old trailer in, and they definitely fit my perception of trailer trash. After years of tolerating their noise, odd hours, strange visitors, knee high grass, and the varmints drawn to their household trash in a corner of the yard, they say they are planning to move in the near future, and we have asked for first dibs on buying that lot. I want the property back in my family, and would just clean it up, cut the overgrown trees, and enjoy the fact it belongs to me.

[June222]

Complaining is our American God given Birthright.