Are your neighbors insane?
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The Cosmic Avenger
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Funny you mention that, that was how I first realized that our neighbor was dealing drugs; cars would pull into the driveway, he'd get in, and sit for a minute, then get out, and they'd leave. After a while I think he realized we were catching on, and he'd have them drive around the block, which really didn't fool anyone with half a brain. Also, I saw plenty of this kind of activity growing up, I knew what to look for to distinguish this from, say, someone selling/trading Magic the Gathering cards or something. Of course, it was still nice to have the narcotics division of our local PD confirm it for us by investigating the robbery at his house. All this was before Nextdoor anyway.
Its not just that they post "OMG! its raining!"... they also tag it as urgent in nextdoor... which gets it highlighted in red and emailed/etc to those who sub'd trying to stay in touch with things like road closures, mass police/border patrol activity, etc. As is the signal-to-noise ratio of "urgent" is so bad I had to unsub from all of it.
robnplunder
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This is why I appreciate Nextdoor folks being alert and reporting what they think are unusual activities. For a while, I suspected my house on the left to deal drugs. It turned out, the old lady was ordering things and have people deliver them to her.
In my block, the aforementioned crazy dude caused/forced most of the next door houses to install video cameras. He'd sneak into neighbor patios, back yards to do something stupid and the cameras helped stop his "activities."
HFWR
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Whether true or not, the old adage that the media assumes a fifth grade intellectual level is likely overly optimistic, based on my n=1 social media experience...
AnonEMouse
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If the announced Minecraft AR game is anything like Pokémon Go, be prepared for a whole slew of posts about people suspiciously gathered or parked at various places.
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This guy isn't insane, but this is a typical nextdoor type of story, even though it's via CL:
https://richmond.craigslist.org/laf/d/richmond-update-found-cat-need-owners/6881185958.html
https://richmond.craigslist.org/laf/d/richmond-update-found-cat-need-owners/6881185958.html
Signed up once for nextdoor and got too many emails. I didn't bother trying to figure out the digest. I just killed the account.
Our neighbors are all good or great. No crazy ones that I know of.
As to the OP I'd like the most objective summary, possible, of what happened. It would be fun to hear about their "insane" behavior.
Our neighbors are all good or great. No crazy ones that I know of.
As to the OP I'd like the most objective summary, possible, of what happened. It would be fun to hear about their "insane" behavior.
RunningBum
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That's so funny! I have a wildlife camera outside that often catches bobcats, and I very recently posted some shots of one to my FB page. I just shared this one too!
ugeauxgirl
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I laughed till I cried. I knew exactly what that was when I looked at the picture. Surely that was a hoax. I doubt you could get a fully grown bobcat into your house without a trip to the ER. Bobcat raised in captivity maybe?
RunningBum
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Aw, the bobcat story is a hoax.
https://www.wfsb.com/craigslist-ad-...cle_c71ce7aa-206a-5612-8d67-6bc921d63580.html
https://www.wfsb.com/craigslist-ad-...cle_c71ce7aa-206a-5612-8d67-6bc921d63580.html
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Aw it was too good to be true hehe
I still get the Nextdoor emails but I pretty much ignore them. There are more people locking up wandering dogs than anything else. Let them go people and they will go home! Today there were about 40 posts about people shooting off fireworks after midnight and we should all call the police. But the posts started at 10 PM, exactly the ideal time to shoot off fireworks.
We've had the same neighbors for thirty years. We watched them raise their kids and they've watched us raise ours. They are older and the husband died a few years ago and we keep the widowed spouse company, help with her yard work and love her like family. The rest of the neighbors are also friends. Nobody is mad at anyone for anything. Most everyone has lived here for at least twenty years.
Kroeran
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I think the quality of the Nextdoor forum experience is completely dependent on the quality of the moderation.
Nextdoor is moderated by the first person who establishes it and those they authorize as moderators I believe.
Consequently, it’s a random draw.
A much better business model would be a version of Nextdoor that built in moderation through peer feedback to
an algorithm or where moderators were elected.
The cool kids in my hood boycott Nextdoor.
I stay on it partly to rough up anyone who makes trouble for our hard working volunteer condo board.
Crazy neighbours in a Florida gated community? Well, there was the case of the cross dressing stabber. It’s a long story.
Nextdoor is moderated by the first person who establishes it and those they authorize as moderators I believe.
Consequently, it’s a random draw.
A much better business model would be a version of Nextdoor that built in moderation through peer feedback to
an algorithm or where moderators were elected.
The cool kids in my hood boycott Nextdoor.
I stay on it partly to rough up anyone who makes trouble for our hard working volunteer condo board.
Crazy neighbours in a Florida gated community? Well, there was the case of the cross dressing stabber. It’s a long story.
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Souschef
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These are the same people who move near an airport, then complain about the noise.
Uncle Albert
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Couple of items:
I get email notifications from Next-Door of a new thread but ignore them unless they are interest to me, then on a weekly basis I sign on and scan the threads for any item of interest to me. There is a thread about neighbors helping each other and another about a plumber who bends over backwards to help people in need and be of service to the community.
Within a couple of years of moving here, our neighborhood was flooded with cop cars one afternoon. After several hours of our dead end street being blocked off by the cop cars, a deputy walked down to us all gathered there and told us what happened. The neighbor two doors down from me had gone off the deep end, murdered/shot his wife, dragged her down to the basement, called his daughter and said he was going to kill himself. She called the cops.
I looked over at my next door neighbor and said "Charlie, you did not tell me it was going to be like this when we moved here."
I get email notifications from Next-Door of a new thread but ignore them unless they are interest to me, then on a weekly basis I sign on and scan the threads for any item of interest to me. There is a thread about neighbors helping each other and another about a plumber who bends over backwards to help people in need and be of service to the community.
Within a couple of years of moving here, our neighborhood was flooded with cop cars one afternoon. After several hours of our dead end street being blocked off by the cop cars, a deputy walked down to us all gathered there and told us what happened. The neighbor two doors down from me had gone off the deep end, murdered/shot his wife, dragged her down to the basement, called his daughter and said he was going to kill himself. She called the cops.
I looked over at my next door neighbor and said "Charlie, you did not tell me it was going to be like this when we moved here."
timo2
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My main benefit of being on the Nextdoor app is the entertainment factor. I even convinced others to be on it after I demonstrated how entertaining it was reading the crazy comments from other neighbors.
And occasionally there is good information on the site, like lost dogs, why a road is closed, or what the new business nearby is going to be.
And occasionally there is good information on the site, like lost dogs, why a road is closed, or what the new business nearby is going to be.
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I lived on a dead-end street in a small city in Massachusetts. The house next door was inherited by the daughter, who grew up there, but now lived in France. She would come to visit once or twice a year and managed to find things to gossip about despite her short residence. She complained bitterly about (and to) the couple who bought the house in the corner and allowed their children to ride bikes and play basketball within her sight. This was her vacation, after all, and shouldn’t she be able to look at the view unencumbered by children? And not hear them? I wondered where she rode her bike when she was a child on the same street.
It bothered her most, thought, that one of the kids was biracial. “Whose kids are these?” She demanded of the (White) parents.
It bothered her most, thought, that one of the kids was biracial. “Whose kids are these?” She demanded of the (White) parents.
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BoodaGazelle
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If you do have good neighbors, you are very lucky!
bjorn2bwild
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One thing I have learned to appreciate about renting these past 17yrs, is the ability to exit a bad neighbor situation with 30days notice. After three major downsizings, we are pretty nimble.
The present situation is one of our best - low density subdivision and the three closest neighbors are gone most of the time.
DW keeps in touch through a common Neighborhood Watch e-mail address, no real issues.
The present situation is one of our best - low density subdivision and the three closest neighbors are gone most of the time.
DW keeps in touch through a common Neighborhood Watch e-mail address, no real issues.
NextDoor App
That is the app that neighbors use where I live. Or at least I did use it before people took shots at me because I am from California.
And to think, all I did was point out that the streets in the subdivision are not private roads but public roads maintained by the county, and therefore the HOA cannot tell people to not park on the streets.
Wacka-doos. I can live without that app.
That is the app that neighbors use where I live. Or at least I did use it before people took shots at me because I am from California.
And to think, all I did was point out that the streets in the subdivision are not private roads but public roads maintained by the county, and therefore the HOA cannot tell people to not park on the streets.
Wacka-doos. I can live without that app.
I've seen good and bad on NextDoor, but tonight, thanks to ND, our neighborhood won a HUGE victory before our city's zoning ordinance board. Long story short, ND informed us all about an 'under the radar' attempt to change zoning to allow variance of up to 15 people to live in a 'sober living' house (business) smack dab in the middle of our neighborhood. We came out in full force and it got voted down. Without ND spreading the word quickly, we wouldn't have known about this. Huge victory for the neighborhood.
sitter for neighbor that later went around the bend
Sigh. Had a crazed neighbor that went into a screaming fit when I used his water spigot to clean off a tool, since my house only had one spigot on far side. Thought I would have to shoot him when he backed me into my own yard. I went to Home Depot, spent 40 bucks for PVC and and freeze proof spigot, and installed it the next day. Didn't speak to them for a couple years.
Had to send them registered mail copies of both our surveys when they tried to push the property line. I had a surveyor to restake the line, let the stakes sit a week before I dug up yard and flower beds to widen my driveway to line.
Later discovered he had tried the same stunt with the neighbor on the opposite side. A consistent ass.
They trained their kids to sing low-ball house prices as they went to school, and tried to "broker" my property for sale to strangers, at the low-ball price.
Sigh. Had a crazed neighbor that went into a screaming fit when I used his water spigot to clean off a tool, since my house only had one spigot on far side. Thought I would have to shoot him when he backed me into my own yard. I went to Home Depot, spent 40 bucks for PVC and and freeze proof spigot, and installed it the next day. Didn't speak to them for a couple years.
Had to send them registered mail copies of both our surveys when they tried to push the property line. I had a surveyor to restake the line, let the stakes sit a week before I dug up yard and flower beds to widen my driveway to line.
Later discovered he had tried the same stunt with the neighbor on the opposite side. A consistent ass.
They trained their kids to sing low-ball house prices as they went to school, and tried to "broker" my property for sale to strangers, at the low-ball price.
