Do you have real good neighbors?

Jace said:
Sorry to say, the community is not communicative.
When we first moved into, there was an old couple next door who welcomed us..
And she invited me to the local women's club..who we're quite snooty.
Well, the couple died off..young people are moving in.
They're Getting younger, I'm getting order...they could care less.😏
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Sorry to hear that! The young do have a different value on life. As for that snooty bunch of women, "Good Ridence to Bad Rubbish!"
 

My current neighbors are OK. The guy on one side is a bit of a jerk, however. He asked me several times if I would sell him my house; he wanted to expand his property. After politely saying "no," he stopped saying "Hi" to me; he has no use for me if he's not going to make money from me.
The people on the other side of me are nice; I let them know when they have a leaking sprinkler several times & showed them how to detect a leak by looking at their meter.
Quite a contrast to when I was married & we unknowingly bought a house next to drug dealers who were raided & blamed us, then started threatening our lives......
 
Gary O' said:

Do you have real good neighbors?​


Great neighbors

The ones connecting to our back yard are the best
It's a cemetery....but still
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I'm jealous, I always wanted a house that backed onto a cemetery, sadly it did not happen and now it is to late.
 
We have real nice neighbors. We moved to a patch of forestland nearly 20 years ago, and there are perhaps 20 families on 800 acres in this forest. They are all quite nice, and friendly. I hope our health, etc., allows us to live here for several more years.
 
Neighbors...what are neighbors? LOL.

I live in a very rural area, there is a cattle ranch to the north of me. To the east is some land with a few empty barns...the owner lives out of state. To the south, across the road, there are some new people. They moved in last summer....I have never seen them. That just leaves the guy to the west....he works 2 or 3 jobs, and is never home.

This is just the way I like it! 😁
 
People in my neighborhood tend to keep to themselves, although some fly their Trump and confederate flags right in their front yards. Fortunately, wind and weathering are gradually tearing them to shreds. There’s a rental property on one side of me with a changing clientele of young folks who don’t tend to stay there long. On the other side, there’s a known eccentric who can be nice if you don’t ruffle her feathers. I have learned to dress down, drive a pickup truck, and hide my education so as to fit in…
 
Ruth n Jersey said:
On one side we do have the basketball player kid who, when home, drives me insane with the constant tapping of the ball and the loud bang when he hits the back of the hoop. This can go on for hours.

My hubby had a fantastic idea. He said we should sneak over and take a photo of the hoop when they aren't home. Put it on the Facebook Market place for free and tell them when they should come and pick it up, obviously when they aren't home.
I told him that was a nasty idea but don't tempt me. lol
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Oh my I had forgotten about my across the fence back neighbor whose kid did this as well. Absolutely drove me insane. Couldn't enjoy sitting outside on the patio because of this constant bounce, bounce, bounce, clang. I thought about getting a BB gun and shooting the glass or plastic wall that the hoop was attached to. Then suddenly I noticed I had not heard the racket for a while. I checked and the hoop is still there but the people are gone. I wonder if I should figure out a way to make the goal/hoop disappear?
 
The only ones I can clearly see aren't great. They get rescue dogs then let them roam free and lose one now and then to car hits. For some reason their current dogs like to come to my parents patio to poop. So far, they haven't at my house.

The neighbors a half mile away in a small neighborhood are great.
 
officerripley said:
My neighbors seem to be nice but we live far enough apart that I hardly ever see 'em. At this old age, I'd rather be a little closer so there'd be somebody to chat with at least once in a while.
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Yeah, I'm the same. I have trouble walking, so my neighbor places my trash bins at the curb for me. All the houses are 300+ feet apart, it'd be nicer to be able to chat with them over the fence.
 
We live on a corner. Older very small subdivision, (4 streets) all large lots…ours is the largest at is almost an acre.

The neighbors are friendly. Everyone waves when they drive by and I’m out walking the dogs. Our neighbor on one side, George, is old retired military and he’s very sweet. Geoff and his wife are immediately across from us. I’ve never met his wife though we wave to each other from time to time. Don’t know the folks across the road in the other directions but they always wave and smile and say hi when we’re each out in our yards.

Pam up the street is lovely, is often out walking her dogs when I’m walking ours. We always stop and chat and catch each other up on the neighborhood gossip. 😉 She’s lived in the neighborhood for years and is very friendly so pretty much knows everyone.

Our neighbors on the other side of us however…ugh. 😖 It’s a rental, and these folks are so annoying. Pleasant enough, friendly, but there’s always a trailer full of trash bags and other rubbish in their yard. There’s always a non-working vehicle or a small boat or something else mechanical half taken apart in their driveway.

They have several cats and 4 dogs. The cats always wander over here and lie on our cars, (footprints on the vehicles) get into the shed if we leave the door open during the day while we’re working in the yard. We’ve locked a couple in there in the past, unknowing.

The dogs are the worst. There’s a section of chain link fence (theirs) where the dogs can see into our backyard and they bark incessantly when I bring our dogs outside. The pitbull in particular goes crazy! He lunges and the fence and tries to climb it. He got close enough a couple times that Ron started bringing his gun outside when we’re out there. Our dogs are all old and two are very small. They wouldn’t stand a chance if the pittie got a hold of them.

Don’t get me wrong I have nothing against pitbulls. Two of my kids own pitties and they are amazing family dogs. It’s all about the way they’re raised.

There is always a haze and smell of pot around too … I swear, we can get high just sitting on our back porch and inhaling the fumes! 😂
 
Gary O' said:

Do you have real good neighbors?​


Great neighbors

The ones connecting to our back yard are the best
It's a cemetery....but still
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Lol, like you, one side of my property in Arkansas (house in yellow circle) backs up to cemetery's. ( 2ea, red squares ) and the rest is pretty much surrounded by acres and acres of woods and pasture's and a year round creek. Now, within 1/2 mile on the east side, I have 4 like minded families. We all look out for each other and help when needed. That's the reason I can let my house and land sit without worry. :)
For scale, I outlined my 33 acres in white.


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