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SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

Thanks so much for all your input. I am going to go ahead and try it out. I just hope it is easier than Facebook to drop it....face book makes you jump through hoops and barrels to close your account.

Annabellethecat66 · ‎03-12-2010

No way! No way! This reminds me of a bunch of people who'll get together and gossip about everyone no belonging to this thing!

When my girls were young I knew everyone in the neighborhood (children playing together and moms together). Now my girls have their own lives and I have a few friends who've been here for years (like myself).

I already hear all of the gossip from my friend I eat with (she hears it from others).

I see this as a way of companies being able to keep track of what people do, what they buy, etc. There is no way I want even more companies (other than cookies on the internet) keeping track of my movements, likes and dislikes.

This thing is put out there 'for the good of the neighborhood'. Give me a break. I'll never join that thing nor will I agree to have a homeowners association. I've had some terrible problems with homeowners on various neighborhoods my late husband and I owned houses in for investments. A total nightmare.

My daughter lives in a huge development and the homeowners association serves it's purpose because the houses are close together, etc.

However, I live in one acre lots. I'd be lying if I said I was happy with some of the 'things' these neighbors do in their yards....(it's as if they never heard of a backyard), but I consider the alternative (homeowners association) to be a terrible alternative.

Phew! Now I'm worked up....I'll close on this subject.....

@SeaMaiden As far as I'm concerned, you have excellent intuition. I know people who belong to this thing (or a version also) and it is a nightmare for them.

We do have a neighborhood watch (managed to win 1st place a few years ago) and that's as far as some of us want to go.

The problem is we have a lot of young families (as many as 6 or more) who recently moved into these houses and they come from 'the city'. Right away they want to join this stuff....more power to them...whatever floats their boat. Move back to the city people.

adamlambert · ‎10-19-2016

gidget, did you know if you put your name in Google it will give your address, phone number and even a map to your house??!! Also the names and ages of household members! In about 5 seconds!!! I think that's scary. I use next door but use a fake name since our property appraiser web site shows all of everyones house detais.

Ours people mainly use it to complain about neighbors and their barking dogs.

Plaid Pants2 · ‎03-14-2015

@Adamlambert wrote:
gidget, did you know if you put your name in Google it will give your address, phone number and even a map to your house??!!! In about 5 seconds!!! I think that's scary. I use next door but use a fake name since our property appraiser web site shows all of everyones house detais.

Ours people mainly use it to complain about neighbors and their barking dogs.

All of that info was available before the advent of computers.

It's called "public information".

ladyroxanne · ‎03-09-2010

this group or whatever it is called has invaded where we live. my question is who is making the money out of this deal? where did the neighbor thing come from and who arethey?

we live in a gated community with security and our own website. we have communities under the same name, but we have the north and the south gates.

we live in the north and this group has started in the south and is fostering some negative feelings. it's almost like they want to separate themselves from us which is just fine with me even though i have many friends there. as far as i'm concerned they needn't come up here where all the activites are.

the beginning of my post disappeared, but my question is where did these people come from, how did they start this organization and who is making money from it. surely someone is making money here.

now, we've gotten the postcard in the mail from this group who wants to start up here. totally, totally ridiculous.

i can imagine where this sort of thing works for neighborhoods, but honestly i wouldn't join this sort of thing no matter where i lived. it doesn't sit right with me.

RetRN · ‎10-01-2013

Not something I would want to get involved in.

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

I don't think so.

I just checked it out for my "neighborhood" (we are rural) and had to put in a specific address and email just to look at what my "neighborhood" constituted geographically and see pieces of "typical posts" without joining!

I used a neighbor's address and a single-use email address. I didn't join - real names & lots of contact info required, they internet search you to "make sure you're who you say you are" and their "legal & binding document" terms was pages of small print.

Nope. Already am in the same type of thing on FB so don't need it. Especially don't need anything that invasive.

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missy1 · ‎03-10-2010

@ladyroxanne I am thinking LE created that site.

Reba055 · ‎06-23-2014

@kathybnc2 wrote:
I initiated Next Door in my neighborhood. It is very informative. People can post asking for help, recommendations, awareness of what is going on around you. We have people post if there is a break in to alert their neighbors. A very good avenue if you have pets that are missing or if you find a pet. Sometimes people get a little "snarky" but that unfortunately seems to be the norm on most sites. I have found it to be an excellent resource in this day and age when most people don't know their neighbors.

@kathybnc2 Basically all of your information is public record anyway and available online already if one is inclined to look.

Our Nextdoor seems to have a large percentage of our neighborhood (s) participating and it been very helpful and informative. Even law enforcement has posted when there were some car break ins. We do live in a huge development. Like others have said, also selling items or people posting things for free, lost pets, keys found, etc. It seems to foster a sense of community.

@kathybnc2. Sorry, pulled your post up by mistake to quote

Reba055 · ‎06-23-2014

@gidgetgh wrote:
I signed up about 3-4 months ago and only stayed on for a few hours and then cancelled. I felt like it put our home's location a little too "out there" for me to feel comfortable.

I received another invitation to join a few a few weeks ago. I belong to a local Facebook page of 5,000 women in our immediate area. I asked them what they thought of next door and got varied opinions. Some loved it, some thought like I did that it made you a little too public. I decided not to rejoin. My Facebook group of 5,000 women is enough for me.

@gidgetgh Oops, pulled up the wrong reply to quote in my last post ^^^^. Was intended for gidgetgh.