We have never spent so much time in our homes as we have since the start of the pandemic. And it’s likely not going anywhere. With more and more workplaces shifting to hybrid, or to entire work from home models, homes are likely to remain our safe office spaces that have obvious perks. In fact, this 2019 survey found that a hybrid working environment would make employees happier (83%), feel more trusted (82%), improve their work/life balance (81%), and make them more likely to recommend their company to a friend (81%). Are we then now living our best lives, well, at least in that sense?
Not so fast. Staying at home means that you not only gotta spend more time with your family members, whether you like it or not, but that you’re not alone doing so. Your neighbors are also here too. That means a lot of noise, from construction sounds to loud quarrels or dance music smashing through the speakers. But this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Some people are (un)lucky enough to have real weird neighbors to deal with. And when I say weird, I mean it. Thanks to a subreddit called “NextDoor,” we can now get a glimpse into what it's like to live next door to someone that makes you wonder 'what on earth is wrong with some people?'
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Someone Sure Is Cocky
I Would've Paid Cash To Have Witnessed This
Patriots? Hahahahaha just like the ones on Insurrection day! They could all use a dictionary.
He's Just Trying To Feed His Family In These Tough Times
It’s no secret that helping to create a sense of well-being in your community is the key to a happy neighborhood. However, fewer Americans are taking time to engage with their neighbors. This recent survey from Zebra backs up the statement. It found that a majority of Americans aren’t friends with their neighbors in real life. In fact, only 33% of Americans consider their neighbors friends or close friends, whereas 66% consider their neighbors strangers or acquaintances. Americans in the Midwest region are most likely to be friends with their neighbors.
Get Paid To Stop Baby Fever
I Hope He Does It
Why do hoomans have to be so problematic? Just...just live your own life dammit!
My Neighbors Are Loosing It...
Meanwhile, some experts argue that online neighborhood groups are replacing face-to-face communication. For example, Neighborhood-based site Nextdoor has 236,000 active neighborhoods throughout the world. It reaches 90% of U.S. neighborhoods, and is worth an estimated $2.1 billion. Zebra’s survey also showed that almost a third, 27% of Americans are in online neighborhood groups. Moreover, women are 10% more active in these online communities.
Another study was run by NextDoor in conjunction with Brigham Young University in the United States, University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, and Swinburne University of Technology In Australia, and conducted by a team of leading loneliness experts. They found that knowing as few as 6 neighbors reduces the likelihood of feeling lonely and is linked to lower depression, social anxiety, and financial concerns related to COVID-19.
Ice Cream Truck Uproar
I Have So Many Questions
Not All Boomers Are Bad
Because Nextdoor Isn't Always Racist Or Trashy, Here Is Something On The Lighter Side
All The Best Hoods Have Great Lawn Care
A Neighborly Reminder
Well June, you are seeing people who DO live around you, but had jobs during the day before. Now they have a moment to see the sun outside. You joy thief.
Meanwhile
Neighbors falling into three categories: 1) Do your own darned yard, 2) That's trespassing, gonna sue, 3) Thought I'd help out - thanks.
Grew up in a duplex. My mom made me mow the whole shared front yard. When I complained, she made me do their backyard too. FF 40yrs. I live across the street from a duplex complex. One of the occupants is a single mom, her son went off to college. I stepped up and started helping her out by mowing her lawn and doing her snow removal, didn't ask for compensation. Her neighbor only did their half, despite me doing their half if I got there first. I continued to do both half's just to prove how petty her neighbor was
We have a shared front garden with our neighbours. As they are a retired couple, they always cut the grass. Sometime I do it but they have more time. He also has a machine to pull out all the moss. All he ever asked for was to be able to put the garden waste in our green bin. Which of course is fine.
My neighbor lost his marbles when his next door neighbor cut his "side strip". Some people need sh*t to b***h about.
I used to trim the areas that I shared with my neighbors all the way, then one of them mention that after I do their whole lawn only looks half done until they mow the rest. Now I leave a clear boundary.
We use to shovel our sidewalk/steps and neighbor too, but we noticed one time when we came out to shovel he was done( but only his side) so now we only do ours
Depends on what the other neighbor did to make this neighbor feel like being petty, as this looks like a spite mow.
After mowing his own little side, the OP should edge it very neatly and sweep around his side nice and clean. Maybe even cut his side even just a quarter inch shorter. Then the neighbor's side won't look as "pretty and neat." Does his neighbor rake the leaves only on one side in the autumn?
It’s officially spring over here when my across the street neighbor takes out his riding lawnmower and mows the entire street. It’s awesome. Apparently he lived somewhere with more yard before he moved here. One neighbor complained about something insignificant so now he mows the whole streets front yards except that guy. He’s a awesome neighbor.
If you cut their's and it's not to the length they prefer, they are gonna pitch a fit because now the rest of their lawn won't match! Yes, for real. Saw it happen.
To be honest, I don’t think it’s appropriate to mow someone else lawn (no joke intended).
I've had neighbors who threatened to call the cops on for rescuing THEIR cat. I wouldn't mow an inch of their lawn just to spite them
Meh, if it only takes 2 seconds, who cares? Just cut it along with your own yard next time.
Maybe it’s the guy with the long grass that’s the “bad” neighbor. Maybe he’s already harassed his interfering neighbor.
Really depends on your relationship with your neighbors. I lived in a third floor walk-up. The lady on the first floor was supposed to mow the yard (it was a duplex/twin). But she had stage 4 cancer. I mowed the yard on her behalf. But the guy who lived on the other side of the twin was a major-league ass-hat. Eventually he moved out, and a family of 6 moved in. Then we took turns mowing both lawns.
Have had a neighbor flip out over this when I cut it. My mower was not set at exactly the same height as his. After that, he could just go "F" himself.
i wouldn't do my neighbors anymore as she does this to us because she is a twat
Perfect Little Soup Boy
Maybe it's the wrong house and a little soup boy is waiting for the soup that never came.
Runaway Roomba
Need Immediate Help
A Joke Or A Cry For Help?
Oh Teenagers....
Umm, about that notice-on-fence thing, I would love to try that. I'd write, "We're watching you. Every second of everyday. We're watching you."
These Are The Posts I Like To See
This Was Posted On My Local Nextdoor Today...
Why would you do this. Like did you just wake up in the morning and think " I should go poop on people's yards". Like seriously.
Anybody Out There??
He's Eaten All Of My Cereal
Illegal Activity Reported By Karen…
That's what's wrong with this country, people need to mind their own damn business.
Diarrhea
Stop
Alert
Ah just wait a couple of hours, but not a minute more, because then theyll be rotten
Just Because It’s Upside-Down, Doesn’t Mean It Can Be Parked On The Lawn [denver]
![Just Because It’s Upside-Down, Doesn’t Mean It Can Be Parked On The Lawn [denver]](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/neighbors-nextdoor-posts-51-6207eec51e887__700.jpg "Just Because It’s Upside-Down, Doesn’t Mean It Can Be Parked On The Lawn [denver]")
Next week's announcement: please do not park tipped over cars in yards
Doesn’t Ring A Bell...
Waffle Stomper
A Warm Welcome
You’re All Going To Hell Kids
Literally The First Post I Saw When I Downloaded Nextdoor
Lost Bird
Here Is A Great Idea For Increasing Property Values!
AGAIN! What's with people wanting to force their neighbors into their ways of life. Frickin umbridge grassholes
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in our country we just use whatsapp groups like this. I left mine after about a year, it was unbearable. Basically if a person is white and over 50 they spend ALL their time complaining about the existence and life-capable status of persons other than themselves. "Do you think no 6 should really be allowed to hang her washing up? I can see it over her 6ft wall when I am in my upper floor bedroom. It looks tacky and brings the neighbourhood property prices down" etc etc etc.
Where I live, they're all over 70, and violate tons of rules and, yes, state laws, while they rail at the rest of us for putting up bird-feeders.
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My parents told me that there's an elderly man in our neighborhood who uses Nextdoor like Facebook. Apparently he posts "statuses" every day lol.
Our neighbor complained about a table saw that we had on our back deck covered in a blue tarp, he said it was “distracting” or something and it was because we couldn’t put it in the garage, we were going to have my dad take it to my uncle in his truck, but he couldn’t find the time because of work… this neighbor also tried to kill raccoons in his yard, I’m like dude this is their land and we’re the trespassers :(
Ours ended up being a lot of people over 70 who hate bird-feeders, playing children, and anyone who has to drive past their house on the way to work, from what I saw the one time I peeked.
They sound awful. I once had a neighbour like that. If she couldn't stand noise she shouldn't have lived there. Worst was the noises in her own head though. She kept saying to everyone she met that my father used to sneak to her door at night and ring her bell etc. Crazy.
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I live in a blue collar neighborhood that the algorithm decided was the same “neighborhood” as the white collar one about 5 mins away. (Other side of an Arboretum) Those folks have too much time and money on their hands, which apparently frees up a lot of time for complaining. Deleted it after a week 😅
my neighbor thought that he had the constitutional right to leave his yappy dog out all night. He was sure the beast would scare off any burglars. Repeated complaints did not fix this. I had to call out the law about 6 different times to get them to put up the dog, and he still left the dog out after each time. It was a terrier. Not much of a threat. Any burglar could take it out with one kick. Finally, I got the county sheriff to send out two deputies to have a long firm talk with him at midnight one night after a particularly bad yap-fest. The senior officer one was pretty tough and had no patience with this, especially since this was the 7th time no less to get the law to come around. They threatened him with a $200 fine per incident for disturbing the peace after this. The jerk finally relented & started keeping the bark-crazy dog inside. This and many other incidents just as unreasonable earned Jason the prize as being the worst neighbor ever. He eventually moved, Thank God.
Poor dog. I get it annoys neighbours too ofc. just don't like people treating their pets like that.
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Someone n my local nextdoor quit after she made a perfectly polite post reminding people that pets can’t properly articulate how hot they are and to make sure you’ve got water and shade for your pets, along with keeping them off hot pavement. She quit because holy s**t the responses she got were all so vitriolic for no reason. “Keep your opinions to yourself!” was the nicest mean one.
There is a whole thread on best of next door detailing how a fight broke out in a library over a disagreement over football celebrations
Well if they have to fight over something at least it's something important!
Load More Replies... Nextdoor has a lot of great neighbors, some scammers and an equal number of curmudgeons.
I use nextdoor as sparingly as possible. The people on it are rarely funny and so very boring. Or wrong. Someone outright said that we have to shovel our sidewalks because in IL we can be sued. She was knocked on her ass almost immediately AND proven wrong door the last week. Imagine every day someone else telling you you’re wrong…for two weeks. She did have it coming though.
in our country we just use whatsapp groups like this. I left mine after about a year, it was unbearable. Basically if a person is white and over 50 they spend ALL their time complaining about the existence and life-capable status of persons other than themselves. "Do you think no 6 should really be allowed to hang her washing up? I can see it over her 6ft wall when I am in my upper floor bedroom. It looks tacky and brings the neighbourhood property prices down" etc etc etc.
Where I live, they're all over 70, and violate tons of rules and, yes, state laws, while they rail at the rest of us for putting up bird-feeders.
Load More Replies... My parents told me that there's an elderly man in our neighborhood who uses Nextdoor like Facebook. Apparently he posts "statuses" every day lol.
Our neighbor complained about a table saw that we had on our back deck covered in a blue tarp, he said it was “distracting” or something and it was because we couldn’t put it in the garage, we were going to have my dad take it to my uncle in his truck, but he couldn’t find the time because of work… this neighbor also tried to kill raccoons in his yard, I’m like dude this is their land and we’re the trespassers :(
Ours ended up being a lot of people over 70 who hate bird-feeders, playing children, and anyone who has to drive past their house on the way to work, from what I saw the one time I peeked.
They sound awful. I once had a neighbour like that. If she couldn't stand noise she shouldn't have lived there. Worst was the noises in her own head though. She kept saying to everyone she met that my father used to sneak to her door at night and ring her bell etc. Crazy.
Load More Replies... I live in a blue collar neighborhood that the algorithm decided was the same “neighborhood” as the white collar one about 5 mins away. (Other side of an Arboretum) Those folks have too much time and money on their hands, which apparently frees up a lot of time for complaining. Deleted it after a week 😅
my neighbor thought that he had the constitutional right to leave his yappy dog out all night. He was sure the beast would scare off any burglars. Repeated complaints did not fix this. I had to call out the law about 6 different times to get them to put up the dog, and he still left the dog out after each time. It was a terrier. Not much of a threat. Any burglar could take it out with one kick. Finally, I got the county sheriff to send out two deputies to have a long firm talk with him at midnight one night after a particularly bad yap-fest. The senior officer one was pretty tough and had no patience with this, especially since this was the 7th time no less to get the law to come around. They threatened him with a $200 fine per incident for disturbing the peace after this. The jerk finally relented & started keeping the bark-crazy dog inside. This and many other incidents just as unreasonable earned Jason the prize as being the worst neighbor ever. He eventually moved, Thank God.
Poor dog. I get it annoys neighbours too ofc. just don't like people treating their pets like that.
Load More Replies... Someone n my local nextdoor quit after she made a perfectly polite post reminding people that pets can’t properly articulate how hot they are and to make sure you’ve got water and shade for your pets, along with keeping them off hot pavement. She quit because holy s**t the responses she got were all so vitriolic for no reason. “Keep your opinions to yourself!” was the nicest mean one.
There is a whole thread on best of next door detailing how a fight broke out in a library over a disagreement over football celebrations
Well if they have to fight over something at least it's something important!
Load More Replies... Nextdoor has a lot of great neighbors, some scammers and an equal number of curmudgeons.
I use nextdoor as sparingly as possible. The people on it are rarely funny and so very boring. Or wrong. Someone outright said that we have to shovel our sidewalks because in IL we can be sued. She was knocked on her ass almost immediately AND proven wrong door the last week. Imagine every day someone else telling you you’re wrong…for two weeks. She did have it coming though.
