Neighbors??? Yay or Nay

[KingoftheNorth14]

Do you have neighbors? How close are you to one another? How do you feel about them? Good or Bad?

Neighbors make a huge difference in life. Sometimes for the good and sometimes for the worse.

I grew up in a small town and live on the outskirts of town where my neighbors were a minimum of 300yds away. Everyone had 2+ acres of land, wooded area, and for me a creek behind all 3 homes I live in. My last home there had 7 acres and I was about 450ft of the road. All my neighbors throughout this time were great…all but one. Scum bags…you know what I mean…gross people without morals.

Growing up I would shovel snow, and rake leafs, mow grass, etc. to help my neighbors and make a few bucks so I could buy some baseball cards as a young kid. We were always there for ones other when and if needed.

My job of near 22yrs now took me away from home over 10yrs ago. Since then I’ve been living in development communities just outside major metropolitan cities. I’ve hated it for every second. Homes so close I can hear a neighbor screaming or music playing loud in their home while I’m sitting in mine. I have had either a 40X25 back yard to now a 40X12 side yard. I will I. My side yard and the whole side of my neighbors house acts as a yard wall. I hate it.

I have had some great neighbors that are welcoming, helpful when needed, but also mind their business. I appreciate that and happily do the same. They say hi when outside, ask if you need any help while your working on your car or truck in the garage, and often they stop over while I'm working out to ask for help moving something.

Then there are your scum bag, druggy, trashy, outright disgusting, nasty, immoral pieces of shit that you wouldn’t trust to watch over your goldfish. They park there cars in front of the house cuz it takes 6 of them to pay the rent therefore taking both of your households parking spots, leave trash out in the street on the sidewalk or on there lawn including drug baggies, neglect their dogs and let them stay outside in a trash filled side yard with dog shit everywhere and dogs that get left out all day and night to bark all hours. (I have another post coming to elaborate on a recent experience coming soon)

I can’t wait to retire and move out of this shit…20+ acres without a neighbor in site. I can go back to shooting clay pigeons off my back porch and take a piss of the deck if/when needed.

So how do you feel about your neighbors?

 

[The Grim Repper]

My neighbors have been pretty cool for the last 20 years or so, regardless of where I lived. Some occasional pains in the ass, but overall cool. I am an apartment dweller at this stage and I'm the ONLY one left in this building as the others have been revolving doors - likely due to the HUGE rent increases. That sucks, so next year, I plan on moving out, then I'll have new neighbors to post about here!

 

[KingoftheNorth14]

 

[WINGS220]

My neighbors are ok… but I’d love 20+ acres like your talking about King

 

[KingoftheNorth14]

My last house in upstate NY had 7 acres and I bought a chunk of land about 5miles away that was 49 acres. It was my playground!

 

[WINGS220]

I told the wife I want to retire to a log cabin in Montana with like 100 acres so I couldn’t even see the closest neighbors. She said “no way , it’s too cold up there!” So I’ll probably end up in Florida with all the other old farts… happy wife happy life, right?

 

[MrWhisper]

I’ve had a mix of good and bad. Mostly decent. Most of them no relationship with and everyone just minds their own business.

If I had a choice I’d be off the grid. Those type of neighborhoods seem to be there to help one another survive. Other than that everyone just keeps to there own.

 

[FREAK]

I’ve had a mix of good and bad. Mostly decent. Most of them no relationship with and everyone just minds their own business.

This has been my experience as well. I don't socialize with my neighbors. I am too busy. We say hi when we pass each other and that is the extent of our communication.

 

[The Grim Repper]

This has been my experience as well. I don't socialize with my neighbors. I am too busy. We say hi when we pass each other and that is the extent of our communication.

Yup. Had a few over the years that were really close. Some babysat my kids after school, had dinner and drinks with some, others invited me to their new digs after they left. Some were real MOFOs and I had a few choice words with those d-bags. LOL

 

[VakarianSK]

Most of my neighbors are old and retired so they are all really chill. I'm the youngest home owner in my neighborhood.

 

[KingoftheNorth14]

The first house I bought I was on a corner and my neighbors were thru the woods and on the other side of a creek that ran between us. They were an older retired couple. They were great! Loved them! Frank & Karen! Frank was wild…a retired Air Force vet and Karen was as sweet as could be.

 

[MrWhisper]

This has been my experience as well. I don't socialize with my neighbors. I am too busy. We say hi when we pass each other and that is the extent of our communication.

Same

 

[PetiteWilson]

I live in apartments and some refugees from I suppose somewhere in the Middle East moved in around 4 months ago. Needless to say at first I didn’t care but now they are causing a ruckus. They don’t know a lick of English they don’t have jobs they let their little kids run around in the Parking lot no shoes no shirt one ran behind my car whilst I was backing out and they’re parents didn’t even react. and they leave piles of trash bags beside their door For everyone in the unit to smell. And there’s like 10 of them I’m assuming one big family I’ve tried to talk to them about it but they know 0 English so I don’t really know how to approach it.


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[KingoftheNorth14]

I told the wife I want to retire to a log cabin in Montana with like 100 acres so I couldn’t even see the closest neighbors. She said “no way , it’s too cold up there!” So I’ll probably end up in Florida with all the other old farts… happy wife happy life, right?

True story! Tried to get my wife to go to Montana. She wants no part of cold or snow. She wants to stay here in the southwest. I am not interested in retiring here…but the “happy wife, happy life” echos

 

[Tyler Durden]

I live in apartments and some refugees from I suppose somewhere in the Middle East moved in around 4 months ago. Needless to say at first I didn’t care but now they are causing a ruckus. They don’t know a lick of English they don’t have jobs they let their little kids run around in the Parking lot no shoes no shirt one ran behind my car whilst I was backing out and they’re parents didn’t even react. and they leave piles of trash bags beside their door For everyone in the unit to smell. And there’s like 10 of them I’m assuming one big family I’ve tried to talk to them about it but they know 0 English so I don’t really know how to approach it.


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I dated a Colombian girl for 4 years and the cultural ways are just different. She has a beautiful house in an upscale neighborhood where the median house price is 2.5 - 5 million. She's always in a battle with the HOA, she just does what she wants and then deals with it later. She's in a cul-de-sac and you can tell the neighbors would love to see her gone. She's not a bad person, or heartless, but just comes from a different demographically culturally different society where certain things are acceptable but may not be accepted within this country's socially accepted etiquette. Well, one thing she ended up doing was renting rooms out in her house to refugees without papers. So, her place became quit transient with minorities and their beater cars in the driveway. Not the best situation when she lives in an affluent neighborhood. I tried to explain the gravity of the situation to her, but she didn't care, she was going to have it her way. She is a very stereotypical dominant proud Colombian woman.

 

[KingoftheNorth14]

I live in apartments and some refugees from I suppose somewhere in the Middle East moved in around 4 months ago. Needless to say at first I didn’t care but now they are causing a ruckus. They don’t know a lick of English they don’t have jobs they let their little kids run around in the Parking lot no shoes no shirt one ran behind my car whilst I was backing out and they’re parents didn’t even react. and they leave piles of trash bags beside their door For everyone in the unit to smell. And there’s like 10 of them I’m assuming one big family I’ve tried to talk to them about it but they know 0 English so I don’t really know how to approach it.


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This kind of stuff is frustrating. I hate that later, tenants come into the community and due to there behavior it drives the people that have been there much longer out.

 

[Tyler Durden]

I'm very lucky, I have no immediate neighbors and most of my neighbors are second homeowners that are rarely around. The only issue I have is one neighbor has a pack of dogs that run the neighborhood and bark 24/7 almost. I've learned to live with it, but it has pushed my buttons to me almost calling animal control after being woken up say anytime between 12:30 - 4:30 in the morning a few different times. Outside of the occasional barking issue my living situation is very drama/neighbor free. I own an acre of land that is very well wooded with a substantial buffer 360 degrees around the house. I can barely see the nearest house from within my house. Around my house I get more wildlife than people, mainly moose, bear and deer. I'm not sure what I would do if I had to have legit neighbors again. Can't say I'm interested in finding out.

 

[KingoftheNorth14]

I dated a Colombian girl for 4 years and the cultural ways are just different. She has a beautiful house in an upscale neighborhood where the median house price is 2.5 - 5 million. She's always in a battle with the HOA, she just does what she wants and then deals with it later. She's in a cul-de-sac and you can tell the neighbors would love to see her gone. She's not a bad person, or heartless, but just comes from a different demographically culturally different society where certain things are acceptable but may not be accepted within this country's socially accepted etiquette. Well, one thing she ended up doing was renting rooms out in her house to refugees without papers. So, her place became quit transient with minorities and their beater cars in the driveway. Not the best situation when she lives in an affluent neighborhood. I tried to explain the gravity of the situation to her, but she didn't care, she was going to have it her way. She is a very stereotypical dominant Colombian woman.

I can see where this causes conflict. I honestly hate HOAs

 

[KingoftheNorth14]

I'm very lucky, I have no immediate neighbors and most of my neighbors are second homeowners that are rarely around. The only issue I have is one neighbor has a pack of dogs that run the neighborhood and bark 24/7 almost. I've learned to live with it, but it has pushed my buttons to me almost calling animal control after being woken up say anytime between 12:30 - 4:30 in the morning a few different times. Outside of the occasional barking issue my living situation is very drama/neighbor free. I own an acre of land that is very well wooded with a substantial buffer 360 degrees around the house. I can barely see the nearest house from within my house. Around my house I get more wildlife than people, mainly moose, bear and deer. I'm not sure what I would do if I had to have legit neighbors again. Can't say I'm interested in finding out.

I miss country living. I used to feed the birds with feeders so I’d get turkey, and deer in the back yard all the time. My first house I had a massive problem with raccoons. I live trapped 22 coons in the first 2months. This was all to save my bird seed and my feeders from getting destroyed every night. I relocated them about 5-10 miles away. I couldn’t trap them for their fur cuz it was summer otherwise I’d of been making $20-50 per pelt back then.

 

[Tyler Durden]

I can see where this causes conflict. I honestly hate HOAs

Yeah, I don't care for HOA's either. I've seen more nagging annoyances with them than anything positive out of them. The HOA I'm currently in is pretty much not-existent, which I'm grateful for. But when I lived in Scottsdale, AZ they were horrible to deal with. Old retired folk with nothing better to do than go out daily with their clip boards and document everything they didn't like and turn it into the HOA. Petty little drama bullshit over someone's opinion with how others should live and/or create the decor of their own domain.