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Do you?

Many of them, yes. My wife would love to move into a house in the middle of nowhere to get away from them

Not presently, but in the past ive had miserable old fucks for neighbors that are probably dead now.

Euripides posted...

Many of them, yes. My wife would love to move into a house in the middle of nowhere to get away from them

What kind of stuff do they do, though?

Yeah pretty much all of them. One in particular stands at the door to our complex (right underneath my window) at like 3am and snorts, farts and burps while watching YouTube videos on his phone.

I don't know them.

I moved in with my gf. She's lived here for almost 10 years, and she hasn't met them either.

Nope.

Best they'll get from me is a neighborly wave or nod as we cross paths on our commutes. We do call each other if we see strange vehicles park or jump our fences near or on our territory lines, but that's pretty much the extent of our relationship.

Everyone respects their boundaries.

Perfect neighbors, imo.

GranTurismo posted...

What kind of stuff do they do, though?

There's a high school kid across the street who has no muffler on his car, so when he leaves for school at 6:30am, he wakes up the entire neighborhood.

Several racist/MAGA's

Another neighbor who doesn't take care of his lawn and his weeds have spread to four other peoples' lawns

People who set of fireworks on non-holidays

People with garages full of junk so they end up parking on the street, making it essentially a one-way street. School buses refuse to come down our street because it's so narrow.

I could go on

Most of them are senior citizen farmers, the ones I do speak to and trade with are nice enough.

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Yeah now that you mention that, I do see that a lot, with many people. Her, with 15 arguments none of which were logical. Have seen that before. Every single person on earth could tell them their argument makes no sense , but they still wouldn't concede. Very frustrating. It's like they're incapable of being wrong. But , they expect others to admit when they're wrong.

No, I've got great neighbours

My first night here at my new place, I'd mistakenly parked in the wrong spot. I wasn't told beforehand which spots were ours, so I just parked in the one nearest my place. My neighbor, who shall henceforth be referred to as Fuckface, could have done the reasonable thing, ie, knocked on my door, left a note, or somehow got in touch with me to let me know that I'd taken his space (I learned later that he has two and doesn't use them both, in fact, he parks in between the lines where his two spots are).

Instead, Fuckface had me towed. $300 down the drain for some petty shit. Welcome to the neighborhood, bitch.

Yeah, the guy 4 house away. Fuck that guy.

Nah, they're all fine. Never had any issues.

The elderly couple next door are radical socialists. Whenever they post political stuff on the neighbourhood WhatsApp, the guy up the road asks them politely not to. They ignore him.

That's about as dramatic as it gets.

I had a neighbor once who, on the day I moved in, knocked on my door. He didn't say "Hi", he didn't introduce himself, he just said "that strip of grass next to your driveway is yours, I ain't mowing it."

My driveway was all the way on the left side of my property, but according to the letter of the law, both the driveway (and the fence in the backyard) were actually two feet in from the property line. It was literally one mower-width wide. But for three years, that neighbor fucking REFUSED to mow that strip of grass. It literally required me to go into HIS backyard to mow it (since it was on his side of a 6 foot fence.

Complete and utter pettiness

nah they all keep to themselves

Xatrion posted...

My first night here at my new place, I'd mistakenly parked in the wrong spot. I wasn't told beforehand which spots were ours, so I just parked in the one nearest my place. My neighbor, who shall henceforth be referred to as Fuckface, could have done the reasonable thing, ie, knocked on my door, left a note, or somehow got in touch with me to let me know that I'd taken his space (I learned later that he has two and doesn't use them both, in fact, he parks in between the lines where his two spots are).

Instead, Fuckface had me towed. $300 down the drain for some petty shit, between getting my car back from the tower, the $30 uber ride, and missing two hours of work cause I didn't notice I'd been towed till I went to go to my car to go to work. Welcome to the neighborhood, bitch.

Was this in like nyc or something? I think in my area they won't tow neighbor's cars, maybe

Just the guy that blares mariachi music every holiday.

Nah not at all. Neighbours on one side are a rental property and I dont really interact with them at all, but on the other side we sort of have a shared space with our garbage and recycling bins and we often take bins out or bring them back in for the other.

No, I can't say that I do.
They are always home, which can be annoying.
One couple doesn't seem to know they have a back yard....the children can be charming, but sometimes it gets annoying.

I really don't talk to them, and had an whole issue with a tree a few years back.

But all in all they put up with me. I might not be the best neighbor but I the best worst neighbor.
My yard can get over grown, but that is an American issue to care too much about.

Either way, I live on the street for decades longer than anyone, and in fact have been in pretty much every house on the street at one time or another. Plus my Grandfather built the house two doors down.
~I have enough cred. not to care what anyone thinks.

SiO4 posted...

No, I can't say that I do.
They are always home, which can be annoying.
One couple doesn't seem to know they have a back yard....the children can be charming, but sometimes it gets annoying.

I really don't talk to them, and had an whole issue with a tree a few years back.

But all in all they put up with me. I might not be the best neighbor but I the best worst neighbor.
My yard can get over grown, but that is an American issue to care too much about.

Either way, I live on the street for decades longer than anyone, and in fact have been in pretty much every house on the street at one time or another. Plus my Grandfather built the house two doors down.
~I have enough cred. not to care what anyone thinks.

yeah, an american issue. Now that you mention it, most european and asian countries don't have the extensive yard thing, do they? Mow every week..etc....

GranTurismo posted...

yeah, an american issue. Now that you mention it, most european and asian countries don't have the extensive yard thing, do they? Mow every week..etc....

People just seem to care too much about grass..

Oh, I should say the lady across the street thought I was from Vermont, which I take as a compliment.
She's actually really cool, as in my people's kitty corner to me.

But ya, I for one don't care what lenth someone's lawn is at.
And anyway, I am starting to swap out the grass in the front with ground cover.
I have a tree that will not allow any type of grass to grow. It's like a tree of life-looking tree.

SiO4 posted...

People just seem to care too much about grass..

Oh, I should say the lady across the street thought I was from Vermont, which I take as a compliment.
She's actually really cool, as in my people's kitty corner to me.

But ya, I for one don't care what lenth someone's lawn is at.
And anyway, I am starting to swap out the grass in the front with ground cover.
I have a tree that will not allow any type of grass to grow. It's like a tree of life-looking tree.

Yeah i completely agree. Most americans do care too much about their grass. Possibly in europe they don't even have that.....

I live right next to a concrete plant, so yes, I fucking loathe them.

Fortunately I don't know them. I live a few miles out of town, closer to the mountains. There's not many people that live out this way. There's a group of maybe 5-6 small homes about a mile closer to town. Then maybe 4 around the curve about half a mile the other way further out of town.

I wouldn't recognize any of them if I saw them. I have no idea who lives in any of those. So, no problems either, which is good. We get our privacy and everything is good.

KogaSteelfang posted...

Fortunately I don't know them. I live a few miles out of town, closer to the mountains. There's not many people that live out this way. There's a group of maybe 5-6 small homes about a mile closer to town. Then maybe 4 around the curve about half a mile the other way further out of town.

I wouldn't recognize any of them if I saw them. I have no idea who lives in any of those. So, no problems either, which is good. We get our privacy and everything is good.

What Mountains?

SiO4 posted...

What Mountains?

Blue Ridge, Appalachia.

KogaSteelfang posted...

Appalachian.

koga, you live in the applachia part of the u.s.? I thought you didn't. Don't really remember that well

GranTurismo posted...

koga, you live in the applachia part of the u.s.? I thought you didn't. Don't really remember that well

Yup, I'm in Virginia.

The neighbors next to me are fine. The ones across the street like to fly giant Trump flags. Turns out they're humongous assholes. Who would've guessed?

oh wait i do dislike the fireworks going off randomly every now and then (tho havent heard any in a few weeks).

idk which neighbor doing it tho. might be like a mile away from me idk. it is scary tho

KogaSteelfang posted...

Yup, I'm in Virginia.

Are you in a big city in va? Don't most people think of like west va and stuff when Appalachia is mentioned?

GranTurismo posted...

Are you in a big city in va? Don't most people think of like west va and stuff when Appalachia is mentioned?

No, I'm on the Western end of VA, West Virginia is only about a 30 minute drive from here. Very rural, lots and lots of nature. Not much else.

Actually, the mountain im closest to has a tower on top. Supposedly at the top you can see 4 states, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, and Carolina. It doesn't take long to cross state lines from where I am.

It's a surprisingly small town considering interstate 81 runs right through it. There's just no reason for anyone to stop except to get gas.

Just one to our right side, they always put stupid mexican music at the highest volume ever, all while screaming and getting drunk every weekend, all the while smoking drugs.

I've always hated mexican music since for whatever reason they always have to put that horrendous trash music for everyone to hear at max volume, you go to a store to buy fruits or whatever? Mexican music super high volume. Hell, in my previous job, usually on saturdays since it was calm, they would put music at max volume, like, why?

Yeah. I have one that is a total pos. I wish he would just move. He always tries to antagonize me. Last time that happened, I told him Im glad your wife died so she doesnt have to deal with your crap. Shut him up real good.

I hate the people that live behind with a burning passion

One of my neighbors who lives one street over from mine set off fireworks on Independence Day from 9pm until 1am. Couldn't get but a half-hour of sleep and I had to get ready for work at 6am. His dog also had come wandering around my backyard several different times before that, and at some other point his kids came directly up to my window one day, pressed their faces against the screen, and peered into my house for a while.

I'm pretty sure he's a fairly new neighbor because I hadn't heard anything from him before like, April this year and I've been living here for over 4 years now.

the guy with the dog that barks like 12hrs a day, fuck you.

Nope.. they seem friendly. I wish I could befriend one of them.

I live in an apartment so I've never seen any of the neighbours. I'm sure they exist but I just don't see them.

Euripides posted...

Many of them, yes. My wife would love to move into a house in the middle of nowhere to get away from them

My dream, also.

KogaSteelfang posted...

Blue Ridge, Appalachia.

Oh very cool!!

I'm just outside The Adirondacks.
The only Mountains not Appalachian East of the Mississippi.

The Blue Ridges look Amazing.
Do, enjoy, and I hope you don't have to deal with Yuppies.

Haven't talked to my one neighbor in over 20 years

I rarely to never see them

Not really. I live in a four apartment building, two downstairs and two upstairs. I live in a downstairs apartment next to an elderly couple who are nice and quiet. In both apartments above there are single moms and their kids. Other than that they couldn't be more different. One is a professional woman, highly active and always taking her kids out, skiing, boating, anything outdoors. The woman above me though has two kids, a sixteen year old and a 1 year old. She will sit at the top of the stairs and talk to me while wearing a robe with nothing underneath.