Re: Our Neighbors

SXMGirl · ‎07-07-2010

It might be time to relocate, even though you never know how things will be until you move there. If yours are doing something illegal, then call the police or report to the necessary authorities. Your local representative might be able to help. However, once you start reporting everything, you will find that your life will not get better. You will spend all of your time thinking about these instances.

Possibly you could get some new windows near the basketball hoop that would block the sound. That is probably what I would do first.

I am so lucky as I have the best neighbors in the world. Quite often, I think of downsizing, but I am concerned about new neighbors. I have already told mine that if they move, I am going with them.

The next time that I hear salt and ice together, it better be in a margarita!

momtochloe · ‎11-03-2013

@bri20 wrote:
@momtochloe, surprisingly he did. Sent my husband over and he said to get some estimates and he'll cut a check for the window. It's happened twice now. After the second time, I suggested he either take them away from his irresponsible boys or I would have to take other measures. His wife butted in and said they were taking them away. Lol

@bri20 gotta love girl power! . . .

MomCat · ‎09-12-2010

Living rural has it's advantages. Disadvantages too, but I can't live that close to others unless it's in a gated adult only community. I've done that as well.

candys mine · ‎08-20-2012

I'm sorry for your situation. The Bow in the hands of a youngster seems like a very bad idea, especially if he uses it in the neighborhood. Definately check the city regulations on that. The kid will most likely grow out of his screaming if and when his dad starts playing with him insted of ignoring him to shoot hoops. I don't mind the sound of basketball being played. I gerw up with the same bunch of kids all through school. I was one of those kids who played hoops until all hours. It was more of a social thing. Come junior and senior high there were many many nights that the hoops were a gateway to conversation. I KNOW it kept aome of us from going off the deep end. I now have a basketball court near the house and I have kids ( collage kids I assume) out there at 3:00 AM sometimes. With my history as far as I'm concerned they can play til dawn as long as they don't fight. My problem is with the jokers who are still lighting off Professional grade fireworks in the neighborhood in the middle of a drought after midnight. Gotta choose your battles.

PS. any noise limit regulations in your neighborhood? That may make your case against the Four-wheeler.

GSPgirl · ‎01-03-2012

I don't miss having neighbors at all. Yes, I had to move from my beautiful weather of CA to humidity, but it was so worth it to have peace of mind and quiet nights.

Mominohio · ‎08-08-2010

I'm afraid that neighbors, whether in the city, suburbs or country, aren't always as courteous as I remember them being many decades ago.

People used to have some respect for their neighbors. The last house we lived in in town sat right next to a very small church, with a small and mostly elderly congregation. It was ideal, until they decided they needed to make some money and rented their Sunday school classes to a daycare for the employees at our local hospital.

Between 30 and 40 screaming kids every day between 6am and 5 pm. Our quiet little neighborhood was destroyed. We couldn't even hear the TV at full volume in the summer when the windows were open.

Moved to the country, which has its own set of challenges, but I don't miss living close to 'bad' neighbors, or worrying about the houses so close to you going up for sale and loosing your good neighbors.

beach-mom · ‎03-09-2010

@MyGirlsMom wrote:
This is a very interesting thread. We moved here in 1997 and most of the kids were the same age - now many have grown older and moved on.

Our children are young adults and in college and I miss the 'the sounds of summer'.

I do too! When we moved here all of the children were around DD's age. There was one other girl on the street, but she went to a private school and didn't play much - she was always in some kind of lesson. They moved a few years after we moved in. So it was DD and the boys! I miss driving lots of kids to the pool then rushing home to get dinner from the garden, helping with lemonade stands (which DD taught the boys about!), catching lightning bugs, listening for the bells of the ice cream truck (which still shows up every once in a while), etc. I miss kids riding bikes and running back and forth to each other's homes.

DS was an infant. There was one girl his age near us. He mostly played with two boys in another area, which meant I had to drive him there!

Now there are a few kids in high school. Two families with children in elementary school moved in last summer. But they don't seem to be "around" as much! A lot of families send their kids to camp for the whole summer, then the kids become counselors when they reach high school. I don't hear the excited voices of children much!

Posh Poodle · ‎06-27-2011

Nine years ago my husband and I moved out of the concrete jungle and into the woods on 6 acres of property. We have neighbors, but you can't see/hear them. Town is only 10-15 minutes away. They say money can't buy you happiness, but it sure can buy you some peace and quiet.

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

Most everyone that has worked the Graveyard shift(midnight to 8am), and lives in a neighborhood where homes were/are built on Zero Lot Lines gets it.

I realized very soon during my 13+ years of working night shift, that the world around me did not stop because of my sleeping(?) during the daylight hours.

Mow lawns/jack hammer streets/kids playing all day long, etc. etc. We now live in an area with few homes, all of which were built on acreages. Now we have peace and quiet, but it took me over 60+ years to do so.

You know Judge Judy's line for those unhappy with where they live? I do, but you won't like it if I say it. Sounds better from The Judge.

hckynut(john)