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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I call it fronting. I live in a new neighborhood full of fronters. The neighborhood is under 10 years old and filled with custom built homes on very large lots. One of those hoods where people come and drive around looking at the homes. We live in a spec home. We bought at a time when new housing was in trouble. We got a fantastic deal on this house.

The majority of people living here grew up here and for some reason think this place means you made it. According to my nosy neighbor. Sometimes I think it's Darlie Routier creepy with the front yard fountains and the concrete lion statues. I am not kidding. And everyone has a boat, multiple cars, many have either RVs or campers, pools/hot tubs, outdoor kitchens. The manicured lawns, dry cleaning deliveries, UPS comes so often I think the same driver has this place as his only route.

From the outside looking in you would think everyone is living on Easy Street. Cue Darryl's Walking Dead torture song. HA HA. But once inside you find out it's far from the truth. My nosy neighbor loves to fill us in on everybody's business. The man gossips more than any woman I have ever known.

Their life I guess. We aren't followers. Never have been, never will be.

While everyone was busy fronting, we paid off our house. They brag about things, we silently sing to the heavens we are debt free. But I have seen foreclosure papers served on more than 1 home, the repo man coming for cars, utilities shut off. It's not the wealthy utopia some pretend it is.  I really hate knowing this crap but I do need sunshine inside sometimes. I can't help it if I see things.

I don't really care. I only care about me and mine. It's not how we choose to live. And it is a choice.   
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Hmm. I would not have bought in that kind of place, at whatever price. You know what neighbors you're going to get there.
In my older, close-in neighborhood, where you get a tiny house for the same price, at least my neighbors are on the same page. Money is spent on less visible things.
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