Community Chat

[itiswhatitis]

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@nana59 wrote:

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@itiswhatitis wrote:

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@sparklestar wrote:

Making our lives so unpleasant and miserable. The boy just turned eight and they got him a full size basketball hoop which he can't even reach with the ball so the father is playing with it, and the kid is screaming and pulling on his shirt. A four-wheeler that sounds like a chain saw, and a youth compound bow. So now my relaxing Sunday afternoon has turned into the pounding of a ball on the driveway right next to our LR windows, the sound of the bike's motor, and that kid screaming. The bow really bothers me because we have birds, rabbits, and squirrels in our yard. I don't think they (the bow) are even allowed within the city limits. We reported them once because they have an open fire pit that's against code. This guy thinks he is so special he does not have to follow the laws and rules like the rest of us.

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Want to trade places with me?  I'll take your basketball if you take my band in the garage neighbors and loud music until 2:00a.m.(2) neighbors.  How about it?  The filthy neighbor with dog poo on my property is cool now took 6 years of fussing.

Hit me up if you're interested.

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Does your town have a noise ordinance....it might be worth looking into....

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Yes we have all kinds of ordinances.  Thing is, only the most egregious will be dealt with.  That would be:

Noise from construction

parties (that spill into the street areas)

gun shots

Noise from your neighbor: will be investigated when officers have time.  

[AKgirl2]

I'm very blessed and happy to say that in the 20 yrs of owning homes,  always had what I would call good to wonderful neighbors.  I now live in 55+ community, and find its noiser now than before!

[Sooner]

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@MyGirlsMom wrote:

One important fact is, we are someone's neighbor.  There may be things our neighbors don't like about us. 

The sounds of children laughing and playing is wonderful..have we forgotten what it was like to be a child?

Some of us have acreage, well, it has to have upkeep.  Mow, prune, etc OR have it looking like a jungle. You can't have it both ways.

If you KNOW of illegal activity, report it to the police, don't complain on community chat and do nothing.

If it's not anything illegal, myob.

No one likes Gladys Kravitz living in the neighborhood.

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Kids screaming all day, basketballs thumping until 2 a.m. right outside your window and other things described here by sincere people aren't minor annoyances and they sure don't deserve to be called Gladys Kravits.  They deserve a little peace and quiet in homes that have cost most of the money they ever made.  They deserve some kindness and sympathy don't you think?

[libbyannE]

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@chickenbutt wrote:

Bad neighbors - everybody's nightmare, eh?  

We are pretty lucky on our little street but the guy who owns the house on one side of ours (actually, I think his mother actually owns the house) has become a problem because he decided, out of nowhere, to start a feral cat population explosion.

It is so irrresponsible to attract them by feeding them and just let them over-populate and spread disease.    I've tried to get my husband and two of our other neighbors (also guys because this guy doesn't seem to  give women much credit) to get together and talk to him.  All of us take care of the birdies and it's very upsettings to have to deal with this thing.

My point is just that if he wants to feed them - fine.  But it becomes his responsibility to have them spayed/neutered, get shots, and then bring them into HIS house.  

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When we moved here, we started seeing cats around. Oh no. Bit by bit, we have rescued many, feeding and trapping them, getting them neutered, getting their shots and finding homes for most of them. Yes, we have taken in a few, too. If he is feeding to trap and neuter them, that's great. But doing nothing but feeding will only grow the population, as you say. "Trap, neuter, release" is fine for totally feral cats, but I have tamed a couple because i could not bear to turn them out in zero-degree weather. Anyway, we seem to have the population in our area in check for now, thank goodness. It took several years of work and a lot of money to reach this point, but it was worth it. 

[MyGirlsMom]

@Sooner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWMYWN5SCv8

[MyGirlsMom]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el4qyJFJmbI

[RedTop]

My nephew just recently purchased a home in a nice quiet neighborhood.   The house is small and cute, and all he needs, but listening to him talk, I know he bought the house because of cost, and location.   Now he realizes he's the youngest person in the neighborhood; everyone else on the street is over 70.   He loves the peace and quiet, but already wonders what kind of neighbors he'll get when the current ones die off.   

Reading some of these neighbor issues makes me wonder what reasons influenced the buyers to purchase the homes near you.   Location, price, schools, quiet neighborhood, or, did the wife just love the house so much?    

I live very rural, and my closest neighbors have always been family.   Nearly 20 years ago, an outsider purchased a very small strip of property from my cousin, and set a mobile home on it.   These people give true definition to the terms "trailer trash" and "neighbors from Hell".   The home has deteriorated to the point it looks abandoned, and 2 storage buildings are filled with garbage bags.  Right now their power and water has been cut off for lack of payment, but someone is still living up there.   You can't begin to know how bad I want that family out of here!    

[catwhisperer]

@RedTop...I truly hope things work out okay in the long run for your nephew. DH and I lived next door to neighbors from H for eight years. At the time, we did not have the option of moving elsewhere. Drug dealing in front of our house, pot smoking, police in our front yard pointing guns at the neighbors house, I could go on and on. It was awful. 

[Imadickens]

I understand what bad neighbors are like! We had neighbors that told us the last neighborhood cheered when they left! We were literally in hell. You have my deepest sympathies. My advice is not to do anything that would start a war unless you are planning on moving! The only thing worse than bad neighbors are bad neighbors holding a grudge!

I, personally, despise those bow and arrow sets! There is way too much room for a terrible accident to happen!

[DiAnne]

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@RedTop wrote:

My nephew just recently purchased a home in a nice quiet neighborhood.   The house is small and cute, and all he needs, but listening to him talk, I know he bought the house because of cost, and location.   Now he realizes he's the youngest person in the neighborhood; everyone else on the street is over 70.   He loves the peace and quiet, but already wonders what kind of neighbors he'll get when the current ones die off.   

Reading some of these neighbor issues makes me wonder what reasons influenced the buyers to purchase the homes near you.   Location, price, schools, quiet neighborhood, or, did the wife just love the house so much?    

I live very rural, and my closest neighbors have always been family.   Nearly 20 years ago, an outsider purchased a very small strip of property from my cousin, and set a mobile home on it.   These people give true definition to the terms "trailer trash" and "neighbors from Hell".   The home has deteriorated to the point it looks abandoned, and 2 storage buildings are filled with garbage bags.  Right now their power and water has been cut off for lack of payment, but someone is still living up there.   You can't begin to know how bad I want that family out of here!    

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In my neighborhood they purchased for location (we live a block from a large lake), good schools, reasonably quiet, pretty much crime free.  It is a sought after area.  Houses sell quickly. Custom homes going from high 700,000 to over a million - Pacific Northwest.