Rincewind

Like I said, you can make his life hell by working with a City Enforcer. in the end you get the results you desire: a neighbor who isn't an asshat any more, or a new neighbor.

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JMJ

Absolutely not I have told a few of them already. I think some of them may be all talk as I am the only one who has confronted the new neighbors (twice already). Some have thanked me for it, but it's time they spring into action too

There is no doubt in my mind that it WILL come to this, hopefully a lot sooner than later.

Trooper

I dont mean to side track, but whats the ethical problem with using your resources to find a solution to the problem?

leejo

I think there are issues with public officials (cops, mayors, etc.) using their position to harrass their neighbors. If I lived next to a cop and suddenly started getting harrassed by inspectors, parole officers, etc., I'd be working to make a connection and make some heads roll.

AMosely

Wow. Thank you, JMJ, for making me feel better about my neighborly issue, which is purely financial. I'll share just in case it makes you feel any better, because at least your neighbors aren't costing you money.

We live on a private road and have to share the bills, and one of the neighbors is a bit too anal about calling the plow truck (which we contract out). They recently bought a house at the end of the road, which sits at the bottom of a fairly steep hill. It was stupid to build there in the first place, but it was the last piece of lakefront land - anyway, that was before their time. My issue with them (aside from owning way too many motorized vehicles and building another garage because the 3-car wasn't enough) is that in winter they are calling the plow truck for 1" of snow. They are calling in sand when it rains because the road gets "slippery." Each plow job costs $75 split 3 ways, each sand job is the same. The first few times I thought maybe it was oversensitivity, early season, whatever. But one day we had a dusting of wet snow followed by some rain, which pretty much resulted in a slushy wet road. I left for work and drove right out (in an AWD subaru), no problem. I get to work and my wife calls me and says we just got plowed AND sanded. How in the hell someone managed to plow that slush, I have no idea, but that just cost me $50! That was it, I called the neighbors to tell them I can't deal. I get the woman because the man travels for his job, so she's the one who called in the truck. She claimed that the hill iced up. When I said I don't even drive on that part, and the other 3/4 of the road was fine that morning I got a "well, you live in Maine, this is the way it is." No it's not! I spent 3 years living at 8000' in Colorado and when I couldn't make up the road I just walked the last 1/2 mile home. Get studded snow tires. Put a shovel and some sand in the back of the truck. Ski in!

That first winter cost me $1400. Previous winters were about $650. After several 'meetings' with the 3rd landowner on the road (who is 75) we came up with an elaborate system to bring costs down by segmenting the road and only sanding the hill if that's what they wanted. So things are a little better (last winter, a warm one, cost me $800), but the bills are still higher.

Neighbor situations, whether it be dogs, kids, noise, shared costs, whatever - they almost always get contentious. What annoys me is that this is one of the reasons we chose to live on a private road, where we can't even see another house - and yet I am still dealing with neighbors. It's just a part of life. I guess the goal is just to stay rational, communicate, and be fair. In my situation, this resulted in compromise and a neighbor who probably thinks I'm a cheapskate.

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JMJ

Wow, that sucks. I can definitely feel for you when it comes to that. I just got off the phone with animal control. I've got to file a formal complaint at the police station and then the family will get a visit from an officer. The animal control guy said it's best to get several complaints and not just everyone signing off on one. They may have ruled the roost on their other street, but they aren't going to get away with that crap on mine.

Trooper

BAN-HAMMER attack....This is one reason i keep looking at houses in the country, but my wife doesnt want to live out of a city. Ive also made it a rule to live next to an older couple, less chance of problems like this.

SmokingTarpan

My former neighbor in the apartment next to me used to watch porn on full volume. At first I thought he was having really loud sex, but then all of a sudden the moaning and groaning turned into loud static. Yea, that was fun. He reign of porno terror ended when he threw a bottle at a woman a few doors down and was taken away to jail. The guy who replaced him is from the Dominican Republic and hates snow, so we get along fine.

A neighbor a few doors down is certified crazy. He kicked in some other apartment's door and went into the woman's bedroom and just stared at her while she was sleeping. Nutso.

The only problem I have now are the people above me. It's two guys, one of which snores like the devil. I'm not talking just a little rumble now and again, oh no. I can hear him through my ceiling as if he were in the same room with me! I'm a step removed from buying some breathe-right strips and putting them on his mailbox.

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JMJ

Do it. Back in the day when I worked at Pep Boys (during high school) I stapled deodorant coupons on the timecard of a dude who obviously needed some. Only problem was he was so stupid that I heard him blurt out "I can afford this, I don't need coupons!" Moron.

leejo

You don't need to get anyone breathe-right strips you need to move to a place with thicker walls and fewer violently crazy people.

Rincewind

This thread kicks butt.

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AMosely

ROFL!

Reminds me of the Seinfeld quote "People are the WORST!"

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JMJ

You know, I am never shocked by the stupidity of people. I can be shocked by their intelligence, but never by stupidity. It's a disease that runs wild and fast.....so fast that natural selection can't keep up with them before they breed

leejo

We had a neighbor in Austin who decided somewhere along his 7 years' of chainsmoking unemployment that he was a prophet. He began filming himself in the backyard in his Sunday best conducting the wind and the birds. He looked like a psychotic drum-major bossing the trees around.

That's when I bought my wife her 9mm.

Oh yeah! back in Dallas I had some upstairs neighbors who liked to get messed up and fight. I made the mistake of getting to know them slightly which caused this scenario to develop: He'd beat her up and she'd come tell me.

I thought it over and talked it over with trusted advisors and it seemed that being anywhere near them was an excellent way for me to get shot, so I told the management what was going on and that I wanted to move. Dude scored a month's free rent, the pool out back and the golfcourse green and creek out the side.

Thanks wife-beater!

Acid

This seems to be the thread everyone comes to to complain.

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