What makes a neighbor/neighborhood bad?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The grass/yard thing is definitely people-specific. Some people really need all the yards around them to be professionally maintained. I’m personally fine with some weeds or tall grass as long as it’s mostly under control.

+1 Prefer not to live in an HOA type neighborhood where people complain about the perceived imperfections or infractions in your yard and home. Clearly not as bad as crime-infested neighborhood or neighbors who party it up every night until the dawn and litter the streets. But it makes it unpleasant if your neighbors are throwing a fit because you don't believe in the manicured, sterile lawn aesthetic or because you put up shutters that are a different color than every one else's.

[Anonymous]

Absolutely nowhere to park. Super short driveways and super narrow roads, means no room for your teenager’s car, guests or repairmen.

[Anonymous]

Not walkable or bikeable to stores, restaurants, parks, schools, and other necessities of daily life.

[Anonymous]

We lived in a really diverse up and coming neighborhood in DC where we did have some totally nuts crime and accidents in the neighborhood but had absolutes the best amazing neighbors.

Now we're out in the burbs with much more affluent neighbors and it feels like a bunch of them think they're rushing a fraternity and need to trash half the neighbors so they make sure they get a pledge. They don't all suck but the one who do... ugh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The grass/yard thing is definitely people-specific. Some people really need all the yards around them to be professionally maintained. I’m personally fine with some weeds or tall grass as long as it’s mostly under control.

+1 Prefer not to live in an HOA type neighborhood where people complain about the perceived imperfections or infractions in your yard and home. Clearly not as bad as crime-infested neighborhood or neighbors who party it up every night until the dawn and litter the streets. But it makes it unpleasant if your neighbors are throwing a fit because you don't believe in the manicured, sterile lawn aesthetic or because you put up shutters that are a different color than every one else's.

Yeah so there is one of these (the self-appointed shutter color/yard style police) in every neighborhood, no matter how chill and anti-HOA it seems
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