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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm surprised the neighbor doesn't see a problem with being such a jerk to the family building this addition. When it is finished, it will give them a very good view of the neighbor's yard and any illegal or disallowed activities they might do. There's no law against  video recordings of yards.[/quote]

That’s a huge leap. If anything, I would think the family building the addition would have thought in advance about being good neighbors. 
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They thought people would like it, until Courtney started attacking them online.[/quote]

Trust me, Courtney isn’t the only neighbor who was angry. She’s just the one most directly affected.[/quote]

She did incite those others, though.

My point is that the homeowner building the addition is in a very strong position to make things unpleasant for Courtney. The more she throws her temper tantrum, the bigger the grudge will be. She isn't going to win this- it is just a matter of how badly she loses.[/quote]

This post comes across as both threatening and misogynistic. “Temper tantrum”? Really? Would you use that phrase about a man?

The family next door is dealing with a three story tower that looks like an apartment building being built next door to them in their single family home neighborhood. Many, many people would not be happy with that situation. It is inappropriate to threaten people for voicing their opinion and asking questions about what is legal and permitted in their own neighborhood.

You can minimize and try to infantalize the reactions of the neighbors to this construction, but their feelings are real and understandable to many. The owners building this addition could have thought this whole thing through more clearly in advance and realized that an addition that looks like a multi family apartment building would appear out of place in a single family house neighborhood. They probably could have built an addition for more space that doesn’t look like an apartment building.

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I’m not either of the PPs, but “tantrum” isn’t a sexist word. My 65 year old father throws tantrums, and we all tell him so.

I’m also not seeing any “threats” here.

Courtney’s feelings are fine. I wouldn’t like the addition either. At least my objection is her entitlement. She thinks she can dictate what someone else’s addition looks like even though it complies with legal requirements. [/quote]

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This is a threat "My point is that the homeowner building the addition is in a very strong position to make things unpleasant for Courtney. "
That's a terrible thing to write. [/quote]

That's an observation, not a threat. The pp that wrote that isn't a position to act on it.

Funny that you're focusing on the potential for bad behavior, though, and ignoring the actual bad conduct from Courtney.[/quote]

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