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You're a better man than me... I would have probably "arranged" for something to happen to the house when it was unoccupied. Or perhaps that's just wishful thi

You're a better man than me... I would have probably "arranged" for something to happen to the house when it was unoccupied. Or perhaps that's just wishful thinking ;)

brudgers 13y ago
Hell, three different neighbors considered addressing some of the situations with guns - it's Alabama. I always saw it as economics, and an insurance claim would probably have been a boon. Mischief would only reinforce the property owner's conviction that it was ok to externalize the costs upon the neighborhood - though that doesn't mean I didn't think devious thoughts. It just turned out that once I stopped pretending that the renters were ignorant of the illegality, events began to resolve of their own accord. Besides, I have no interest in spending time in jail. That is a world of suck.
- Permit 13y ago
  >Hell, three different neighbors considered addressing some of the situations with guns - it's Alabama. Is this a serious comment? I guess it's one of the reasons I'm grateful not to live in the United States. The fact people in your area might turn to using deadly force to address noise complaints and misbehaved kids completely blows my mind.
  - brudgers 13y ago
    Twenty minutes from where I live in any direction, someone probably hunts the land. Guns are as common as hammers. Was my comment serious? yes. Were people seriously considering shooting someone? Of course not - they were expressing their frustration with the overall situation. Had they been inclined to shoot someone when annoyed, they would have done it long before the now. However, the truth of it is, there is no reason to believe that a transient lodger isn't going to roll into the neighborhood at 2am armed and drunk and starting trouble. That's the volatility in the mix, and why the AirBnB model poses problems in residential districts not structured to accommodate them. And that's the worry that my neighbors, and I, have.
- wavefunction 13y ago
  I probably would have just jimmied a door open and introduced some feral cats or something. Maybe a family of racoons, that's all. Guns or violence is way over the top, though I guess I could understand how your neighbors would be pissed.

You're a better man than me... I would have probably "arranged" for something to happen to the house when it was unoccupied. Or perhaps that's just wishful thinking ;)

brudgers 13y ago

Hell, three different neighbors considered addressing some of the situations with guns - it's Alabama. I always saw it as economics, and an insurance claim would probably have been a boon. Mischief would only reinforce the property owner's conviction that it was ok to externalize the costs upon the neighborhood - though that doesn't mean I didn't think devious thoughts. It just turned out that once I stopped pretending that the renters were ignorant of the illegality, events began to resolve of their own accord. Besides, I have no interest in spending time in jail. That is a world of suck.

Permit 13y ago
>Hell, three different neighbors considered addressing some of the situations with guns - it's Alabama. Is this a serious comment? I guess it's one of the reasons I'm grateful not to live in the United States. The fact people in your area might turn to using deadly force to address noise complaints and misbehaved kids completely blows my mind.
- brudgers 13y ago
  Twenty minutes from where I live in any direction, someone probably hunts the land. Guns are as common as hammers. Was my comment serious? yes. Were people seriously considering shooting someone? Of course not - they were expressing their frustration with the overall situation. Had they been inclined to shoot someone when annoyed, they would have done it long before the now. However, the truth of it is, there is no reason to believe that a transient lodger isn't going to roll into the neighborhood at 2am armed and drunk and starting trouble. That's the volatility in the mix, and why the AirBnB model poses problems in residential districts not structured to accommodate them. And that's the worry that my neighbors, and I, have.
wavefunction 13y ago
I probably would have just jimmied a door open and introduced some feral cats or something. Maybe a family of racoons, that's all. Guns or violence is way over the top, though I guess I could understand how your neighbors would be pissed.