WWYD re: neighbors' basketball hoop?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here. PP, though I agree that they will talk about it; I have to say, OP I am OVER it, and I don't even live there. At least one kid in particular has quite an imagination. Frankly, if you are one to worry about what people think, you won't really go forward with much. Just ask them nicely to move it, if they don't then make it difficult for them. The ball is in their court, so to speak. If you gave them the option to be nice and they were not, it's on them.

!! Please read over your posts before you hit send.

[Anonymous]

Great jebeebus, we live in the city, maybe we should move. I wouldn't dream of letting my 5 year old play outside unsupervised, I barely feel OK going inside to grab popsicles. Somebody - adult, grandparent, nanny - not an "older kid"- should be watching them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Drive through some of the more affluent areas of Arlington, VA -they are filled with "ugly basketball hoops". You sound lovely!!

This is what I was thinking. I know of VERY few cul-de-sacs in the close-in suburbs, only one in Chevy Chase Village and it is more like a dead end with two houses off of Brookville by BS. Older neighborhoods are typically built in the same square formation (ish). I still think it is bizarre that someone would set up a basketball net on the curb, how ugly.

I meant they are ugly, and IMO dangerous, on the curb, they do not bother me in a driveway or above a garage door. I don't give a crap how affluent the neighborhood is, either, I would be upset if my neighbor set a basketball net up on the edge of the street.