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Sounds like my neighborhood! You live in Texas, right? Maybe they're all the same here, lol.
Who are the people in your neighborhood?
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Sounds like my neighborhood! You live in Texas, right? Maybe they're all the same here, lol.
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Hi,
I live in a foreign land in America. My neighbors are either Muslim or Hindu with my direct next door neighbor a practicing Mexican Catholic. We have a few Protestants, who put Christmas decorations and lights across the street from one another to show they still celebrate Christmas. I mean lights going across the top of the street. Our Jewish neighbor left several yrs ago.
Once in a while, in summer, one neighbor says his prayers on the front lawn, turning to the east. Old men sit in their garages and talk. We have arranged marriages and weddings where people sing walking down the street as part of their celebration. Some children go to Madress schools to get their religious instructions. Most older folk do not speak English either at all or little. This fact makes me smile the most because we speak to one another not understanding what the other has said, but we pretend to have a conversation and shake our heads and smile a lot. I wave at people.
Our neighborhood has gone through many changes thru the years and while some things have changed, people are generally the same. We have low crime, respectful children, and just what you thought decent folk would be. This is a working class neighborhood, where children go to college, grandparent, who live with families, take their little grandchildren to school on the bus. and a watchful eye is kept on children. That's my story.
Annette
I live in a foreign land in America. My neighbors are either Muslim or Hindu with my direct next door neighbor a practicing Mexican Catholic. We have a few Protestants, who put Christmas decorations and lights across the street from one another to show they still celebrate Christmas. I mean lights going across the top of the street. Our Jewish neighbor left several yrs ago.
Once in a while, in summer, one neighbor says his prayers on the front lawn, turning to the east. Old men sit in their garages and talk. We have arranged marriages and weddings where people sing walking down the street as part of their celebration. Some children go to Madress schools to get their religious instructions. Most older folk do not speak English either at all or little. This fact makes me smile the most because we speak to one another not understanding what the other has said, but we pretend to have a conversation and shake our heads and smile a lot. I wave at people.
Our neighborhood has gone through many changes thru the years and while some things have changed, people are generally the same. We have low crime, respectful children, and just what you thought decent folk would be. This is a working class neighborhood, where children go to college, grandparent, who live with families, take their little grandchildren to school on the bus. and a watchful eye is kept on children. That's my story.
Annette
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@AprilBaby, what a bit of a nightmare and how crazy that they used to listen to your conversations. The neighbors across the street told me that about six months after they moved in the neighbors next to them told them they listened to them having couple time on their baby monitor! Can you imagine?
@Bron357, loved that story and I never knew they had coin operated stoves! You really do have the best stories.
@the_mother_thing, that really is too funny, some people have no game and no shame lol! He probably figured he needed to sweeten his approach with the beautiful people bit, sounds like he needs an assistant.
@yennyfire, that sounds like one happening place to live, especially Thirsty Thursday, but seriously it sounds like a great place.
@kipari, what's worse than an arrogant person? An arrogant person in a speedo lol! Not even sure why speedos are a thing, they don't look comfortable, they aren't cute, it's just not a look that needs to be rocked.
@House Cat, you can see a freakin castle from your front porch?! That is awesome and so is all the wildlife you have that come to visit, sounds almost like a fairytale story.
@Calliecake, that is awesome, it's nice to have friends close by, for the company and peace of mind.
@smitcompton, sounds ideal, like the way neighborhoods used to be and what's more interesting is that it seems there are a lot of people from different religious backgrounds and they all live together in relative harmony. Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed reading about your neighborhood.
@Bron357, loved that story and I never knew they had coin operated stoves! You really do have the best stories.
@the_mother_thing, that really is too funny, some people have no game and no shame lol! He probably figured he needed to sweeten his approach with the beautiful people bit, sounds like he needs an assistant.
@yennyfire, that sounds like one happening place to live, especially Thirsty Thursday, but seriously it sounds like a great place.
@kipari, what's worse than an arrogant person? An arrogant person in a speedo lol! Not even sure why speedos are a thing, they don't look comfortable, they aren't cute, it's just not a look that needs to be rocked.
@House Cat, you can see a freakin castle from your front porch?! That is awesome and so is all the wildlife you have that come to visit, sounds almost like a fairytale story.
@Calliecake, that is awesome, it's nice to have friends close by, for the company and peace of mind.
@smitcompton, sounds ideal, like the way neighborhoods used to be and what's more interesting is that it seems there are a lot of people from different religious backgrounds and they all live together in relative harmony. Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed reading about your neighborhood.
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Yes times have changed, sometimes not for the better!
I remember growing up here in Sydney when no one had side or front fences, where doors were not only unlocked but open and letting the flies in (before air conditioning). In those days kids were outside playing or exploring until dark (no tv or video games) and every adult was Mr or Mrs or Sir and Mam. You could wander into anyone yard or house looking for your friends and whosever mum, dad or gran was home around lunchtime gave you a vegemite or honey sandwich for lunch. We collect firewood or did chores (raking leaves, pulling weeds, hosing a car) for 5 cents and once a week we’re allowed 5 cents of mixed sweets and an ice block.
If any adult asked you to do something, you did it. And any parent could tell you off or give you a quick smack if they caught you don’t anything bad or mean to anyone or anything. We played in playgrounds, ran around and climbed trees. If you hurt yourself, no one else was to blame for it and unless there were broken bones or lots of blood, you just got up and got on with it. If your mum ran out of sugar or flour you could go next door or across the road and get a cup or two full. When people had parties, everyone was invited and the kids went to bed at 9pm and the noise stopped by 11pm, always.
When you had a birthday party you got things like fairy bread (this is white bread, buttered with those hundred and thousands sugar sprinkles) chips and nuts (a peanut allergy was unheard of back then) and maybe some little hot dogs or sausage rolls. You drank water or fruit juice that your mum squeezed out of the oranges and occasionally cordial. You played games like pass the Parcel, pin the tail on the donkey and eat an apple hanging from the clothesline with no hands.
Your mum made lots of your clothes (and her own) and hand me downs were what everyone had to wear.
Ah, the good old days.
I remember growing up here in Sydney when no one had side or front fences, where doors were not only unlocked but open and letting the flies in (before air conditioning). In those days kids were outside playing or exploring until dark (no tv or video games) and every adult was Mr or Mrs or Sir and Mam. You could wander into anyone yard or house looking for your friends and whosever mum, dad or gran was home around lunchtime gave you a vegemite or honey sandwich for lunch. We collect firewood or did chores (raking leaves, pulling weeds, hosing a car) for 5 cents and once a week we’re allowed 5 cents of mixed sweets and an ice block.
If any adult asked you to do something, you did it. And any parent could tell you off or give you a quick smack if they caught you don’t anything bad or mean to anyone or anything. We played in playgrounds, ran around and climbed trees. If you hurt yourself, no one else was to blame for it and unless there were broken bones or lots of blood, you just got up and got on with it. If your mum ran out of sugar or flour you could go next door or across the road and get a cup or two full. When people had parties, everyone was invited and the kids went to bed at 9pm and the noise stopped by 11pm, always.
When you had a birthday party you got things like fairy bread (this is white bread, buttered with those hundred and thousands sugar sprinkles) chips and nuts (a peanut allergy was unheard of back then) and maybe some little hot dogs or sausage rolls. You drank water or fruit juice that your mum squeezed out of the oranges and occasionally cordial. You played games like pass the Parcel, pin the tail on the donkey and eat an apple hanging from the clothesline with no hands.
Your mum made lots of your clothes (and her own) and hand me downs were what everyone had to wear.
Ah, the good old days.
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Are they all liberals?
Two of the couple are liberals and feel more strongly about Trump then I do. One of the other couples bought a condo for the sole purpose of giving a single mother who attended their church, a place to live. The couple said it was the right thing for them do as it didn’t change their life and helped the woman and her children tremendously. I know they never charged her rent.
They are one of the kindest couples you could ever meet. If I had to guess I would say they are liberals.
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Will they buy this poor Chinese boy a diamond?
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We have wonderful neighbors on one side. They mind their business and we mind ours but help each other out when necessary. During a couple of hurricanes we were there for each other and at other times are not into each other's business. That is, we and they are not nosy neighbors and it is a very good (perfect dare I say) neighbor relationship.
On the other side a sort of nosy couple who can be difficult. The way we have managed this is to step back from being our normal friendly selves with them (as that gave them license in their eyes to overstep boundaries) and we are now just polite and cordial. However we have reached a happy equilibrium in the past few years finally with them and they now respect our (figurative)space and realize we are not playing ball with them so to speak. It is now a friendly enough and very peaceful relationship. And when they have needed our help (a number of times in the past few years) we have gladly provided it for them.
So all in all we are pleased now with our relationships with our beach neighbors.
In our NYC home we live in a Co-op building and have many neighbors. We have very good relationships there and having lived there since 1995 we have had absolutely NO issues so far with any of our numerous neighbors. Ironic that city life with so many neighbors is easier than suburb life where people seem more nosy. In our experience. The suburbs can be a relative "Peyton Place" LOL. But we are satisfied and content with all our neighbor relationships as of now.
That could change at any minute however as our former nosy beach neighbors are moving in a month or two and not sure who will be moving in. Stay tuned...
On the other side a sort of nosy couple who can be difficult. The way we have managed this is to step back from being our normal friendly selves with them (as that gave them license in their eyes to overstep boundaries) and we are now just polite and cordial. However we have reached a happy equilibrium in the past few years finally with them and they now respect our (figurative)space and realize we are not playing ball with them so to speak. It is now a friendly enough and very peaceful relationship. And when they have needed our help (a number of times in the past few years) we have gladly provided it for them.
So all in all we are pleased now with our relationships with our beach neighbors.
In our NYC home we live in a Co-op building and have many neighbors. We have very good relationships there and having lived there since 1995 we have had absolutely NO issues so far with any of our numerous neighbors. Ironic that city life with so many neighbors is easier than suburb life where people seem more nosy. In our experience. The suburbs can be a relative "Peyton Place" LOL. But we are satisfied and content with all our neighbor relationships as of now.
That could change at any minute however as our former nosy beach neighbors are moving in a month or two and not sure who will be moving in. Stay tuned...
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Fanscinating to hear about the diverse neighbourhoods & neighbours everybody has!
We are very rural where we are with a cluster of houses & farms. Most of the houses used to be farming type of properties, so we have Dairy House, The Pig Pen, The Stables, Hall Farm etc. You get the idea! We literally know every single occupant of this village, some very well & some just to say hello to. Our village community representatives work very hard at organising get togethers & hog roasts at the pub (the whole village is based around a 300 year old pub) & activities for the children, such as organised Trick or Treating at Halloween where each property only gets knocked on once, followed by games & a party (& free drinks for the adults!) at the pub afterwards. We also have a Summer Fete in the beer garden every June / July. I have to say it's pretty idyllic & everyone is very trustworthy & looks out for each other or suspicious activity. 'Rural Watch' is a big thing. Whenever we go away, somebody looks after our house, feeds the cats & fish & takes in any parcels etc. Likewise we do the same for other pet owners when they go away.
BUT...!!! Tucked away behind overgrown trees that completely surround one house & have almost covered the extremely old car parked in the drive, that was visible when we moved in almost 12 years ago but can no longer be seen in the undergrowth, is a paedohpile who was the first to sign the Sex Offenders Register here in the U.K. It's literally the only negative point of being here, but I have never ever seen him. He doesn't leave his house & has all shopping & food delivered. He quite rightly keeps himself to himself & that's how we like it. Our girls know that not everyone in the world is nice & kind, and they know that they mustn't venture out of our lane (a quiet dead end where we are) whenever they are on bikes but in particular, that the man who lives in that house down the next lane is not a very nice man & he hates children, so they must always stay away. This was the tag line all the neighbours used when their children were younger & it worked for them too. Apparently he is almost 80 now & not in very good health. Property going on the market in this village is as rare as hen's teeth, but his plot is huge. When he pops his clogs we intend to buy the plot, bulldoze the house (no desire to even step inside. No thanks.) then build our forever home. We love this little village!
We are very rural where we are with a cluster of houses & farms. Most of the houses used to be farming type of properties, so we have Dairy House, The Pig Pen, The Stables, Hall Farm etc. You get the idea! We literally know every single occupant of this village, some very well & some just to say hello to. Our village community representatives work very hard at organising get togethers & hog roasts at the pub (the whole village is based around a 300 year old pub) & activities for the children, such as organised Trick or Treating at Halloween where each property only gets knocked on once, followed by games & a party (& free drinks for the adults!) at the pub afterwards. We also have a Summer Fete in the beer garden every June / July. I have to say it's pretty idyllic & everyone is very trustworthy & looks out for each other or suspicious activity. 'Rural Watch' is a big thing. Whenever we go away, somebody looks after our house, feeds the cats & fish & takes in any parcels etc. Likewise we do the same for other pet owners when they go away.
BUT...!!! Tucked away behind overgrown trees that completely surround one house & have almost covered the extremely old car parked in the drive, that was visible when we moved in almost 12 years ago but can no longer be seen in the undergrowth, is a paedohpile who was the first to sign the Sex Offenders Register here in the U.K. It's literally the only negative point of being here, but I have never ever seen him. He doesn't leave his house & has all shopping & food delivered. He quite rightly keeps himself to himself & that's how we like it. Our girls know that not everyone in the world is nice & kind, and they know that they mustn't venture out of our lane (a quiet dead end where we are) whenever they are on bikes but in particular, that the man who lives in that house down the next lane is not a very nice man & he hates children, so they must always stay away. This was the tag line all the neighbours used when their children were younger & it worked for them too. Apparently he is almost 80 now & not in very good health. Property going on the market in this village is as rare as hen's teeth, but his plot is huge. When he pops his clogs we intend to buy the plot, bulldoze the house (no desire to even step inside. No thanks.) then build our forever home. We love this little village!
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@Alex T, your village really does sound idyllic and as far as the pedophile goes, we certainly have our share, not one but quite a few in our surrounding area, at least he is old and keeps to himself. I have to laugh at the "pops his clogs" I have never heard that saying before 
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We're the young people in a neighborhood of people who could be our parents, not much hanging out going on. The houses on both sides of us are for sale, so right now things are nice and quiet. We are "wave hello" friendly and that's about it. We're renting so eventually we'll move and start all over again.
As far as demographics go, it's a "urban" suburb, properties are small and close together, but expensive and "nice" since I'm close to NYC. It is mostly white but not completely, a mix of blue collar union workers, professionals, stay at home moms, and retired folks. It's also a rare mix of single family homes and rentals. We rent in a two family house, they're sprinkled all over and we have apartment buildings too. It's a nice mix to allow for some movement.
As far as demographics go, it's a "urban" suburb, properties are small and close together, but expensive and "nice" since I'm close to NYC. It is mostly white but not completely, a mix of blue collar union workers, professionals, stay at home moms, and retired folks. It's also a rare mix of single family homes and rentals. We rent in a two family house, they're sprinkled all over and we have apartment buildings too. It's a nice mix to allow for some movement.
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@Asscherhalo_lover, well at least you don't have to worry about loud parties and the like! I have no idea where you are but it sounds a lot like Connecticut, Stamford in particular. We are in much the same kind of neighborhood, it's nice to have a mix of people and housing, keeps things lively.
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Def no loud parties, I'm on Long Island. I live in an incorporated village with our own police, there are A TON of local ordinances and anything like that would be shut down really quick. Keep the noise at the bar!
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I love our neighboorhood and most of our neighbors. When we moved her 14 years ago there was a family that had a boy exactly my sons age, and they became good friends. They moved about three years ago. Our neighbors do block parties and Christmas parties and stand outside and talk all the time. I especially love our across the street neighbors but I am not really a stand upside and talk kind of person. Truthfully, we are probably the black sheep of the neighborhood. We have had a few incidents of the police coming to our house mostly due to our son who previously had drug issues. Thankfully, he has been clean for 4 year now. DH and I have barely had speeding tickets in our lives so it is so embarrassing to us. Also, one time a neighbor mom came to my house complaining about a little row our 3rd grade boys get into. I was sick in bed with a bug. My son apologized and the other boy (who was just visiting the neighborhood) refused to apologize so I told the mom, that was the best we could do and closed the door and went back to bed. Not my finest moment and I have felt bad about it ever since. Maybe when DH retires in a month we can be more social together. I don’t think our neighbors think that much about us, but if they were looking to gossip my family has given plenty to stoke that fire.
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Ugh, my neighbors. We live on a 32 acre property but there is a house across the street. The people are jerks. They called me to complain about my dog barking when I let her out in the morning and it woke them up. She would only stay outside to do her business and then she'd come in, it's not like I left her out there for hours. I'd have her back in the house in 5 minutes. The fact is that there were animals she was barking at, deer, foxes, bears etc. He told me that with what he paid for his house he shouldn't have to hear a barking dog. I informed him that he had bought a house in NJ, not Utopia.
So they called the police and I got a summons. We wound up in mediation where they proceeded to flat-out lie about my dog. My husband was pretty shocked at their statements, which were either exaggerated or fictitious. Some months later we got a postman who was a bit lame. I picked up our mail and opened a statement from our bank. It informed me that I had a $1 million mortgage. I almost passed out but then I noticed the name....it was jerkwad neighbors. It was from our bank, so I had just opened it, but it had been addressed to them. I was embarrassed that I'd opened it, so I just threw it out. I also got their kid's SAT scores mail from colleges, but I didn't open them because I now checked every piece of mail carefully. We now have a new mailman who is very nice and I never get their mail.
So they called the police and I got a summons. We wound up in mediation where they proceeded to flat-out lie about my dog. My husband was pretty shocked at their statements, which were either exaggerated or fictitious. Some months later we got a postman who was a bit lame. I picked up our mail and opened a statement from our bank. It informed me that I had a $1 million mortgage. I almost passed out but then I noticed the name....it was jerkwad neighbors. It was from our bank, so I had just opened it, but it had been addressed to them. I was embarrassed that I'd opened it, so I just threw it out. I also got their kid's SAT scores mail from colleges, but I didn't open them because I now checked every piece of mail carefully. We now have a new mailman who is very nice and I never get their mail.
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That's crazy! What was the result of the summons? I'm surprised they can do that with no actual proof. As for the mail, it happens by me all the time. Most of the carriers are part time and don't GAF. It's extremely annoying.
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I actually have no idea about my neighbors anymore. I knew the previous ones a little bit. We said hi when we moved in last year and talked a bit right before they PCSed not long ago. Who knows who will move in next. I might try and get my husband to bake cookies and take some over and say hi when someone does move in. I honestly barely go outside if I'm not doing our errands. The sun and I don't get along. I should try harder though to be sociable lol
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@luv2sparkle, I bet you'll find that with the xtra time retirement brings that you are able to reach out and reconnect, even if you have had some negative run-ins, with these neighbors. Sounds like a nice place, who doesn't love a block party? Well maybe me lol!
@doberman, not very cool of the across the street neighbors, I mean if they want that degree of solitude then they should live where there are no neighbors. Also the mailman thing is annoying, we had one that just didn't want to deliver packages in bad weather so he marked my package as "undeliverable business closed" we are a single family house lol! Hopefully that is the end of the drama with the neighbors and your dog, stuff like this is why I like dogs better than people.
@MeowMeow, I love that you said you would recruit the DH to deliver cookies, I would be the same, send him into battle and if it looks non threatening, join
@doberman, not very cool of the across the street neighbors, I mean if they want that degree of solitude then they should live where there are no neighbors. Also the mailman thing is annoying, we had one that just didn't want to deliver packages in bad weather so he marked my package as "undeliverable business closed" we are a single family house lol! Hopefully that is the end of the drama with the neighbors and your dog, stuff like this is why I like dogs better than people.
@MeowMeow, I love that you said you would recruit the DH to deliver cookies, I would be the same, send him into battle and if it looks non threatening, join
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@MeowMeow, I love that you said you would recruit the DH to deliver cookies, I would be the same, send him into battle and if it looks non threatening, join
Haha my husband just loves to bake cookies and he would eat them all if not stopped so he likes to share xD and ite s great way to say hi to new people.
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Awww! He's drinking the hummingbird nectar!This guy was in our neighborhood last week at least twice. Probably since but we haven't seen any evidence and haven't seen him.
This picture was actually taken at the house of my client who happens to live very close to here.
I know....they only LOOK cute......
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