What are your red flags for neighbors?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trump flags year round. For years.

Trump flags ever.

Or those insufferable “hate has no home here” or “in this house we:”. Anyone with one of those in their yard is not only a closet-racist but also can’t read the room.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Invisible fences for dogs. I hate when I am walking on the sidewalk and a dog comes running up, snarling and growling, and then stops just short of the sidewalk (because of the invisible fence.) It's terrifying.

True, but at least they stop. The worst are neighbors who have no fence at all and just let their dogs roam. Idiots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Native plant people.


So cringe.

What is this? I honestly don’t know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Idk what you all are talking about. The ones with nice lawns are fun, conscientious neighbors. One neighbor has a lawn that's 20% weeds, 80% dirt. His feral kids and dogs run on it nonstop and nothing can grow. Kids run the streets and always have friends over too running everywhere. I love kids outside, but it's extreme and they're very destructive. They pull all our flowers out, climb on our trees and break them, run into our cars with bikes. If I see a lawn like theirs, it's a red flag

Neighbor A has... happy children and animals, lots of friends visiting, everyone else having a good time.
Neighbor B has... a green lawn and is very angry.

Hmmm... which one would I rather be around?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For me, it's an overly manicured front lawn.

There's a difference between having a nice looking house and being psychotic about a lawn and spraying it with chemicals. Anytime you see two houses where there is a huge difference in lawn color, going in a straight line along the property line, you know the one with the unnatural green side is unhinged.

We have zoysia which requires no chemicals and looks manicured.

I'm digging up some of the grass to plant wildflowers for pollinators.

awesome

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For me, it's an overly manicured front lawn.

There's a difference between having a nice looking house and being psychotic about a lawn and spraying it with chemicals. Anytime you see two houses where there is a huge difference in lawn color, going in a straight line along the property line, you know the one with the unnatural green side is unhinged.

We have zoysia which requires no chemicals and looks manicured.

I'm digging up some of the grass to plant wildflowers for pollinators.

DP. We have zoysia too and it’s lovely in the spring/summer but looks dead in fall/winter. Our neighbors have green grass year round and I’m envious!

[Anonymous]

Junk piled up beside the house and parking their cars on their front lawn.

It's a detached SFH who has at least 9 adults living in it. Their garage is full of tools, so they fit 3-4 vehicles in the driveway, 2 on the lawn, and the rest use street parking in the neighborhood. These aren't average-sized cars, either. They are huge, jacked up trucks and big work trucks. They have SO much junk piled everywhere on the property.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Neighbors who have parking in front of their home, AND a driveway - but park on the street across/down from their own home, in front of someone else’s house - because their 20 yr old Toyota Highlander has an oil leak. So they park there so the oil puddles don’t stain their own driveway or street parking.


We live on larger street in a Kensington neighborhood, west of Connecticut Ave and south of Knowles Ave.

And I’m pretty sure she reads this forum.

Why do you care if they park in the street? Is that not what the purpose of on-street parking spaces is?

Stop acting obtuse. Park in YOUR driveway or in front of YOUR house. Especially if you are leaking oil.

I'm genuinely not acting obtuse. I have never ever understood why people care about cars parking in the street if they're not blocking a driveway or a hydrant. People who park on the grass of a house that's not their own -- I get that! People who block the driveway? I get that. People who park so inconsiderately that it makes it difficult to get through? I get that. But I don't care if they park in the street. Oil leaking sucks, but the street isn't my house -- if it's not leaking on my lawn or my driveway, why do I care?

Really, genuinely curious. Do you feel like it affects the look of your house or something?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Idk what you all are talking about. The ones with nice lawns are fun, conscientious neighbors. One neighbor has a lawn that's 20% weeds, 80% dirt. His feral kids and dogs run on it nonstop and nothing can grow. Kids run the streets and always have friends over too running everywhere. I love kids outside, but it's extreme and they're very destructive. They pull all our flowers out, climb on our trees and break them, run into our cars with bikes. If I see a lawn like theirs, it's a red flag

Neighbor A has... happy children and animals, lots of friends visiting, everyone else having a good time.
Neighbor B has... a green lawn and is very angry.

Hmmm... which one would I rather be around?

Did you read the part where PP says the neighbor’s kids are destroying their flowers and trees and running into PP’s cars with their bikes??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Junk piled up beside the house and parking their cars on their front lawn.

It's a detached SFH who has at least 9 adults living in it. Their garage is full of tools, so they fit 3-4 vehicles in the driveway, 2 on the lawn, and the rest use street parking in the neighborhood. These aren't average-sized cars, either. They are huge, jacked up trucks and big work trucks. They have SO much junk piled everywhere on the property.

are they nice?

sounds like a neighbor would could save you a lot of money from going to the dealership to get an oil change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Idk what you all are talking about. The ones with nice lawns are fun, conscientious neighbors. One neighbor has a lawn that's 20% weeds, 80% dirt. His feral kids and dogs run on it nonstop and nothing can grow. Kids run the streets and always have friends over too running everywhere. I love kids outside, but it's extreme and they're very destructive. They pull all our flowers out, climb on our trees and break them, run into our cars with bikes. If I see a lawn like theirs, it's a red flag

Neighbor A has... happy children and animals, lots of friends visiting, everyone else having a good time.
Neighbor B has... a green lawn and is very angry.

Hmmm... which one would I rather be around?

Did you read the part where PP says the neighbor’s kids are destroying their flowers and trees and running into PP’s cars with their bikes??

Yeah, seems like a pretty simple thing to handle, especially if there's no damage.

And the point is, they sound like nice people. People who are constantly angry about children having fun doesn't seem like someone you want to spend time around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Neighbors who have parking in front of their home, AND a driveway - but park on the street across/down from their own home, in front of someone else’s house - because their 20 yr old Toyota Highlander has an oil leak. So they park there so the oil puddles don’t stain their own driveway or street parking.


We live on larger street in a Kensington neighborhood, west of Connecticut Ave and south of Knowles Ave.

And I’m pretty sure she reads this forum.

YES. Park in your own damn driveway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Neighbors who have parking in front of their home, AND a driveway - but park on the street across/down from their own home, in front of someone else’s house - because their 20 yr old Toyota Highlander has an oil leak. So they park there so the oil puddles don’t stain their own driveway or street parking.


We live on larger street in a Kensington neighborhood, west of Connecticut Ave and south of Knowles Ave.

And I’m pretty sure she reads this forum.

Why do you care if they park in the street? Is that not what the purpose of on-street parking spaces is?

Stop acting obtuse. Park in YOUR driveway or in front of YOUR house. Especially if you are leaking oil.

I'm genuinely not acting obtuse. I have never ever understood why people care about cars parking in the street if they're not blocking a driveway or a hydrant. People who park on the grass of a house that's not their own -- I get that! People who block the driveway? I get that. People who park so inconsiderately that it makes it difficult to get through? I get that. But I don't care if they park in the street. Oil leaking sucks, but the street isn't my house -- if it's not leaking on my lawn or my driveway, why do I care?

Really, genuinely curious. Do you feel like it affects the look of your house or something?

You sound even more obtuse with your follow-up.

[Anonymous]

Too many cars parked on the street.


When we were searching for homes in the area, we drove through the neighborhoods. If there were vehicles parked on the street, we looked elsewhere. It worked out well.

[Anonymous]

Loose dogs, unkept yard (not that it needs to be immaculate, but no front yard junk or really neglected yard), loud week day parties.