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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If it’s on their own property, it’s not illegal. If it’s not, that’s illegal and you have the right to complain. You can report it to the city.[/quote]

Is the space on the street in front of your house considered your property?[/quote]

No.  This thread is full of a bunch of entitled AHs who complain about kids playing outside in “their” beloved extra parking spot one minute and then probably turn around and complain about excessive screen time for kids and “why don’t kids play outside anymore?” the next minute.[/quote]

Entitled a-holes like…the kind of person who would put up a basketball hoop in front of their neighbor’s house instead of their own?[/quote]

The neighbor doesn’t own the street, even if it is *gasp* in front of their house![/quote]

No normal person would put it somewhere other than in front of their own house, unless they were an entitled a-hole[/quote]

Exactly, it is a nuisance to others when it's in front of someone else's house. [/quote]

Americans hate children, the outdoors, and physical activity.  All are considered to be a nuisance.[/quote]

NP. I love all three of those things, but in my neighborhood, we have tons of basketball hoops, but you rarely see anyone using them. Maybe for a bit when it’s brand new, but eventually the novelty wears off and it just sits there for years. [/quote]

Do you have cameras trained on the hoops?  Do you sit in your living room staring out your front window intently watching these hoops all day?  I rarely see my neighbors drive their cars, but that doesn’t mean they rarely drive them, and it certainly doesn’t mean I’m going to try to get their cars towed.[/quote]

You don't need to look out the window -- bouncing basketballs are very, very loud. [/quote]

You didn’t say you rarely hear anyone using them, you said you rarely see anyone using them… maybe they are being considerate and using those new fangled extra bouncy foam basketballs.

My neighbor owns an EV.  I never hear him use it.  I guess that means it’s abandoned.

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NP. Oh shit you totally schooled PP! If she said see instead of hear that totally negates the fact that every neighbor can hear every single time anyone is playing basketball right outside[/quote]

The poster was stating what she believes to be true, presumably because she wants it to be true (that the basketball hoops are rarely used).  The poster was not stating what she knows to be true, because as she demonstrated with just the tiniest push back against her assertion, she does not know that the hoops are rarely used.  Unless she’s actively monitoring these hoops all day for days on end, she has no clue.  (i.e. the “hoops are rarely used” poster was talking out of her a$$)

Hope this helps![/quote]

Everyone anywhere nearby knows when someone is playing basketball. You conceded this when you said the kids must be using new-fangled foam balls, because even you know normal bballs make a ton of noise. Anyone who works from home is well aware of any basketball happening on their block.[/quote]

Unless the kids are using the new fangled foam balls, as you just mentioned.  I don’t understand why this is so difficult for you.

But this argument is also funny because you are essentially complaining that the hoops are unused and so shouldn’t be there because they are a nuisance, even though by your own admission you never hear or see anyone using them… so is the lack of noise the nuisance?  They’re taking up valuable real estate where a car could be idling?[/quote]

If no one has seen or heard the hoop being used in a very long time, why should it remain? Especially in front of someone else’s house[/quote]

I’ve never seen or heard you use your car, and it’s always parked out front whenever I happen to look out front.  Shall I call a tow truck?[/quote]

Yes, if a car is parked for weeks or months without being used you should report it. Next?[/quote]

I didn’t say it hasn’t been used for weeks or months.  I said I haven’t seen or heard it being used.  Do you not understand the difference?  It’s subtle, I know.[/quote]

Yeah, I fully understand you think you’re right here and you’re trying to say “but what about foam balls” and “but I didn’t HEAR your car being used” but this comes down to whether it’s cool to put your basketball hoop in front of someone else’s house, and it’s not. [b]Anyone arguing otherwise doesn’t understand how things work.[/b][/quote]

Anyone arguing otherwise doesn’t respect your personal preferences.  And that is ALL this argument is about.  There is a well-used basketball hoop somewhere on OP’s street, and SHE would prefer that it not be there because… she prefers to have some random car there instead.[/quote]

Yes, that is the status quo. You can believe that you do not like the status quo and others are free to be happy with status quo (including thinking that cars and parking are not evil).[/quote]

If the status quo ain’t the actual law, then Too bad, so sad.  Times change.  Or do you still want segregated neighborhoods, too?

Seriously, get over yourself.  The kids just want to shoot hoops.[/quote]

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