Can somebody explain what's so wrong about what this man did? (dogs peeing on his plants)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was a lot more background in the original NextDoor thread to the effect that this guy has screamed at neighbors (children) for “stealing a rock” from his lawn, posted signs demanding that people pay him, and is just generally kind of a loon and a nuisance. We don’t live there so I can’t confirm whether any of that is accurate, but the actual thread gave a much different impression from this article.

He also built an absolute monstrosity of a house. No getting around that. It’s seriously hideous. So I suspect this isn’t all about the “spikes”.

The house isn't my taste, but so what?

People letting their dogs pee and crap on other people's property aren't a "nuisance?" Those nuisance neighbors shouldn't be allowing it in the first place.

Honestly I am a parent and while I don’t want my kids screamed at by a neighbor, I get it if people don’t want kids in their yard. He obviously cares about his landscaping and also you open yourself up to liability allowing people in your yard. Your child doesn’t have a right to play on someone else’s property.

Control your dogs. Parent your children.

[Anonymous]

I'm a dog owner and an avid gardener. I have a female dog and pees only once or twice on a walk and she always uses the median grass. The only think I judge is his choice of plants. $300 yew? Replace with inkberry if the soil is wet or yaupon holly for dry. Also American holly is great because it has spikes. Or go with the big guns, Aralia spinosa. My girl knows to stay away, because of spikes and also bees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Part of the problem is that his neighborhood does not have the grass strip between the sidewalk and the street. They look like crappy sidewalks and his bushes are right about on top of them. If the mats and bushes were set back a few inches from the sidewalk, it wouldn’t be such an issue.

Most of the neighborhood does have the grass strip. People can walk their dogs around a corner or wait until they get to block with a strip.

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8929301,-77.0879277,3a,75y,312.05h,88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-64xoE8ccgVUVb441qrUUw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

There's nothing wrong with the mats, but I don't understand this guy at all. Who wants to live somewhere where all your neighbors hate you? Not just the mats, but yelling at kids, posting crabby pointless notices (is anyone going to drop off a check for $300? no. So why tell everyone you're fuming and buying expensive shrubbery?), and maybe other stuff.

No house is for all tastes, but his is going to be harder to sell, and yet . . . . how long does he plan to stay?

The only person crankier than the homeowner is the guy who first posted the complaint ("SPIKES!") on Next Door.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He could also just put up a fence. This guy just wants to get into a fight. He is making it a bigger issue.

He can’t put up a fence because he planted his bushes too close to the sidewalk. Because his gardening is more important than people’s right to use the sidewalk. If they grow at all they are going to be blocking a portion of the sidewalk. That’s a major pet peeve of mine, as a sidewalk user.

[Anonymous]

I don't know this guy, but I suspect that the new house on the corner lot, that the neighbors have to look at all the time, spiked their ire. It happens often, when a new house is built in a neighborhood of mostly original houses - especially if it is one of the first new houses.

People complain about anything, and I do mean anything. Some people simply have too much time on their hands, for various reasons.

If I were him, the situation would be resolved by installing a nice motion activated sprinkler system, maybe some cameras. Done and done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Part of the problem is that his neighborhood does not have the grass strip between the sidewalk and the street. They look like crappy sidewalks and his bushes are right about on top of them. If the mats and bushes were set back a few inches from the sidewalk, it wouldn’t be such an issue.

Most of the neighborhood does have the grass strip. People can walk their dogs around a corner or wait until they get to block with a strip.

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8929301,-77.0879277,3a,75y,312.05h,88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-64xoE8ccgVUVb441qrUUw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

There's nothing wrong with the mats, but I don't understand this guy at all. Who wants to live somewhere where all your neighbors hate you? Not just the mats, but yelling at kids, posting crabby pointless notices (is anyone going to drop off a check for $300? no. So why tell everyone you're fuming and buying expensive shrubbery?), and maybe other stuff.

No house is for all tastes, but his is going to be harder to sell, and yet . . . . how long does he plan to stay?

The only person crankier than the homeowner is the guy who first posted the complaint ("SPIKES!") on Next Door.

He has a right to live in peace. By the sounds of the neighbors, they don't seem to want to cooperate, and the probably like drama, because it takes the focus off of them. They are giving their own neighborhood a bad reputation. Who knows, maybe people are approaching this guy about how bad certain neighbors really are, for all we know. Why should he have to leave his home? I mean, I probably would, but he just built his house, he has a right to stay there in peace. I probably would not stay where the people are so antagonistic - over something so petty (like a bush, etc.).

Some people live for drama.

[Anonymous]

Don't move to a neighborhood with sidewalks and lots of dogs, then plant bushes that can't tolerate dog pee.

You have to plant for the place where you are - it's no good putting in plants that aren't hardy enough to withstand the normal goings on of your area. That's lesson 1 in gardening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He could also just put up a fence. This guy just wants to get into a fight. He is making it a bigger issue.

Someone would complain about the fence, and say “he could’ve gotten these harmless plastic spikes instead”

+1

Exactly.

Spoiled complainers who like drama, is all.

Cue the resident Mean Girl to direct all neighborhood dog owners to that property, because that is her current purpose in life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He could also just put up a fence. This guy just wants to get into a fight. He is making it a bigger issue.

Someone would complain about the fence, and say “he could’ve gotten these harmless plastic spikes instead”

+1

Exactly.

Spoiled complainers who like drama, is all.

Cue the resident Mean Girl to direct all neighborhood dog owners to that property, because that is her current purpose in life.

Oh please. This guy is a reactive jerk. I think that's what's true here - if HE put up a fence, he'd probably also stand there screaming while anyone walked by. So yeah when you're a jerk to the world, the world delivers it right back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't move to a neighborhood with sidewalks and lots of dogs, then plant bushes that can't tolerate dog pee.

You have to plant for the place where you are - it's no good putting in plants that aren't hardy enough to withstand the normal goings on of your area. That's lesson 1 in gardening.

I know people who have cut down their neighbors trees and shrubbery and thought they were in the right.

They are the same petulant children who, if a neighbor asks them not to park in a spot in front of their home, does it all day every day, and direct their guests to do the same, often.

People do anything for drama. Some people live for that sh&t. It is their "purpose" in life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He could also just put up a fence. This guy just wants to get into a fight. He is making it a bigger issue.

Someone would complain about the fence, and say “he could’ve gotten these harmless plastic spikes instead”

+1

Exactly.

Spoiled complainers who like drama, is all.

Cue the resident Mean Girl to direct all neighborhood dog owners to that property, because that is her current purpose in life.

Oh please. This guy is a reactive jerk. I think that's what's true here - if HE put up a fence, he'd probably also stand there screaming while anyone walked by. So yeah when you're a jerk to the world, the world delivers it right back.

Disagree. If you look at his house, I would say he is the type of fellow who doesn't have time for their shenanigans.

[Anonymous]

Someone needs to remind him that hot pepper works better. Signs just cause people to defy him. He’s totally in the right. I have the same problem. My bushes are dying since there has been little rain to dilute the urine.

[Anonymous]

I'm a dog owner and I'm on his side. Also, I like his house a lot, and I own an old house in a traditional neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone needs to remind him that hot pepper works better. Signs just cause people to defy him. He’s totally in the right. I have the same problem. My bushes are dying since there has been little rain to dilute the urine.

+1

Contrarians are just going to keep doing what the guy asked them not to do - like toddlers!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was a lot more background in the original NextDoor thread to the effect that this guy has screamed at neighbors (children) for “stealing a rock” from his lawn, posted signs demanding that people pay him, and is just generally kind of a loon and a nuisance. We don’t live there so I can’t confirm whether any of that is accurate, but the actual thread gave a much different impression from this article.

He also built an absolute monstrosity of a house. No getting around that. It’s seriously hideous. So I suspect this isn’t all about the “spikes”.

The house isn't my taste, but so what?

People letting their dogs pee and crap on other people's property aren't a "nuisance?" Those nuisance neighbors shouldn't be allowing it in the first place.

Honestly I am a parent and while I don’t want my kids screamed at by a neighbor, I get it if people don’t want kids in their yard. He obviously cares about his landscaping and also you open yourself up to liability allowing people in your yard. Your child doesn’t have a right to play on someone else’s property.

Control your dogs. Parent your children.

+1

Well said. The entitled ones are coming out of the woodwork.