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Every time I see one of those outrage inducing articles, I assume there was a lot of backstory missed and this is just how the situation bubbled up. For exampl
by cujo 8y ago
Every time I see one of those outrage inducing articles, I assume there was a lot of backstory missed and this is just how the situation bubbled up.
For example, if a neighbor calls in a kid's lemonade stand, I'm assuming that neighbor has had multiple issues with that family and can't make any headway, so shit just blows up. I'm not saying it's right, but I doubt someone just wakes up and says "HELL NO!" to an 8 year old's 3 hour project on the sidewalk.
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- Azeolus 8y agoI see you have little experience with Suburbia... Your chances of living next to one of those people are pretty low, but it's a big country, and there are a lot of busybodies just waiting to trounce someones fun.
- IncRnd 8y ago> I'm not saying it's right, but I doubt someone just wakes up and says "HELL NO!" to an 8 year old's 3 hour project on the sidewalk. That's exactly what happens, though. There are busybodies, who missed their true calling as bureaucrats, all over the place.
- EliRivers 8y agoOh yes. Sometimes they also don't like the garden flamingoes, or people drying their laundry. There is a simple joy to be had, I suspect, in buying a shed load of the flamingoes and planting them all over the lawn :)
- cgriswald 8y agoFirst, no, there are people like this all over the place. I could tell you stories forever. Second, even when there is "backstory" a lot of it exists only in the mind of that neighbor. I met one of my neighbors when they came over to complain about "all the parties" at my house. The house had been vacant for the eight months I owned it, at least. (I was actually concerned people were using it, but there was no evidence to support it.)