Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Is the space on the street in front of your house considered your property?

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.

Yes, "no" is the issue--if the street doesn't belong to you can't encumber it with a part of your stuff

Exactly! So stop parking your car on the street!

The basketball hoop blocks parking, that is the point. Yes you want a new world order where people don't drive and park but currently roads are for the convenience and purpose of driving and parking.

You want the right to use public space to store your personal possessions but you also want to deny your neighbors the right to use public space to store their personal possessions.

You are not going to make me feel stupid with your gotcha semantic games. I think roads are for cars and parking, you want things to change and have them be used for everything and anything. You are not going to convince me that I am insane and do not understand logic or reality. Just say you disagree and you want current practice to change, but your rhetorical questions are not going to me me say hmm he is right, I don't know what I was thinking, I wasn't thinking clearly.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Is the space on the street in front of your house considered your property?

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.

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?

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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.

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?

You’re apparently confusing me with someone else. My main complaint is - why can’t you put your basketball hoop in front of your own house?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why you walk over and talk with neighbors.

Do this. And if they don't move it within 24 hours, I would consider it abandoned property and I would put it on the listserv/Nextdoor and saying free basketball hoop, yours if you move it.

But I can be a b1tch. YMMV.

Would you do the same if they parked their car on the public street in front of your house?

Cars and basketball hoops are entirely different. One belongs in the street and one does not.

According to whom? You? I assume the only difference in your broken brain is that you personally get some benefit out of placing your private property in a publicly owned space, so cars are okie dokie, but because you have no use for a basketball hoop someone else’s private property in a public space is a nuisance…

If you think putting a basketball hoop in the street in front of another's house is ok, where does it stop? What other items are ok to put in the street?

I thought the street was for cars, either driving or parked, so please enlighten.

Well now I admit you’ve got me wondering. ARE streets for cars, driving or parked? May people ride bicycles in the streets? Scooters? May we walk in the streets? May children draw with chalk in the streets? What about skateboards, are those okay?

I did a half hearted search for Arlington’s fair use guidelines pertaining to streets but came up empty handed, so please enlighten ME as to how many laws my family is breaking when we use the streets without a car.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Is the space on the street in front of your house considered your property?

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.

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?

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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.

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?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Is the space on the street in front of your house considered your property?

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.

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?

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why you walk over and talk with neighbors.

Do this. And if they don't move it within 24 hours, I would consider it abandoned property and I would put it on the listserv/Nextdoor and saying free basketball hoop, yours if you move it.

But I can be a b1tch. YMMV.

Would you do the same if they parked their car on the public street in front of your house?

Cars and basketball hoops are entirely different. One belongs in the street and one does not.

According to whom? You? I assume the only difference in your broken brain is that you personally get some benefit out of placing your private property in a publicly owned space, so cars are okie dokie, but because you have no use for a basketball hoop someone else’s private property in a public space is a nuisance…

If you think putting a basketball hoop in the street in front of another's house is ok, where does it stop? What other items are ok to put in the street?

I thought the street was for cars, either driving or parked, so please enlighten.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Is the space on the street in front of your house considered your property?

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.

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?

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Is the space on the street in front of your house considered your property?

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.

Yes, "no" is the issue--if the street doesn't belong to you can't encumber it with a part of your stuff

Exactly! So stop parking your car on the street!

The basketball hoop blocks parking, that is the point. Yes you want a new world order where people don't drive and park but currently roads are for the convenience and purpose of driving and parking.

You want the right to use public space to store your personal possessions but you also want to deny your neighbors the right to use public space to store their personal possessions.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Is the space on the street in front of your house considered your property?

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.

Yes, "no" is the issue--if the street doesn't belong to you can't encumber it with a part of your stuff

Exactly! So stop parking your car on the street!

The basketball hoop blocks parking, that is the point. Yes you want a new world order where people don't drive and park but currently roads are for the convenience and purpose of driving and parking.

You want the right to use public space to store your personal possessions but you also want to deny your neighbors the right to use public space to store their personal possessions.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Is the space on the street in front of your house considered your property?

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.

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?

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Is the space on the street in front of your house considered your property?

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.

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?

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why you walk over and talk with neighbors.

Do this. And if they don't move it within 24 hours, I would consider it abandoned property and I would put it on the listserv/Nextdoor and saying free basketball hoop, yours if you move it.

But I can be a b1tch. YMMV.

Would you do the same if they parked their car on the public street in front of your house?

Cars and basketball hoops are entirely different. One belongs in the street and one does not.

According to whom? You? I assume the only difference in your broken brain is that you personally get some benefit out of placing your private property in a publicly owned space, so cars are okie dokie, but because you have no use for a basketball hoop someone else’s private property in a public space is a nuisance…