Would you buy a house with a State Trooper living next door w/ squad car parked out front every day?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You’d rather have an attorney who could start a nuisance lawsuit over your trees at any time?

+1. I’m dealing with one of those right now. Not a peep from the old neighbors in 20+ years and this young attorney comes along and wants us to give our palm a severe haircut every year to keep the occasional frond from falling in his yard despite the arborists saying it shouldn’t be done annually. He’s also suing everyone involved in the sale and construction of his new build, including the realtor.

[Anonymous]

All the troopers I met were really nice and really, really good looking!

[Anonymous]

Assuming he actually works then the car isn’t there all the time. Between his actual shift plus court dates and OT it’s probably barely there.
It’s fine.

[Anonymous]

Large apartment complexes in Arlington with outdoor parking give cops a discount or free rent if they part their squad car in the parking lot as a deterrent to crime. My DH was a cop after he got out of the military and went to college part time. He lived rent free in a place off Columbia Pike so his police care would be in the parking lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LEOs tend to be law abiding and obey HOA and other rules. They'll probably pay their assessments and real estate taxes on time, and will maintain their property; they know their employment means many people hold them to a higher standard than what is usually expected of the general public. They're not likely to have wild parties or to make unreasonable noise on their property. Unless you're the problem, there's no reason to anticipate clashes with any neighbor, including those in law enforcement. The presence of a marked cruiser is probably a good deterrent to bad guys, so would be a plus.

So the answer for me would be yes.

(except if you are black)

Why do you assume all state troopers are white? How racist of you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LEOs tend to be law abiding and obey HOA and other rules. They'll probably pay their assessments and real estate taxes on time, and will maintain their property; they know their employment means many people hold them to a higher standard than what is usually expected of the general public. They're not likely to have wild parties or to make unreasonable noise on their property. Unless you're the problem, there's no reason to anticipate clashes with any neighbor, including those in law enforcement. The presence of a marked cruiser is probably a good deterrent to bad guys, so would be a plus.

So the answer for me would be yes.

Every LEO I've ever known- and this is DC where there are 5000 agencies- has been an egotistic, abusive, alcoholic. Hell no.

This sounds like a you problem. Every LEO I know is a good person, including the one who was my neighbor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The the smallminded bigots presupposing such a neighbor would be racist are the ones I'd not want to live near.

Our State Trooper neighbor is African American.

[Anonymous]

If a state trooper can afford your neighborhood it’s time to move.

[Anonymous]

It would be a plus to have the State trooper next door.

[Anonymous]

No, I wouldn’t buy a house next to a state trooper because the neighborhood would be a low income neighborhood. They don’t make a lot of money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If a state trooper can afford your neighborhood it’s time to move.

Obv

[Anonymous]

Why would being a State Trooper tell you what kind of neighbor this person would be? Do you really think they are all exactly alike? I can’t imagine giving any thought to this in choosing a house or a neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If a state trooper can afford your neighborhood it’s time to move.

This PP is the person I don’t want to have as a neighbor.

[Anonymous]

Why would that matter at all?

[Anonymous]

I would love it. My former neighbor was FBI and current one is a state trooper. It's not been an issue, the opposite.