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.
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."
Hell, why don’t you just post the lyrics to “Every Breath You Take” while you’re at it? (Probably have to pay royalties to Sting, but oh well, small price to pay, right?)
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What about option #5 - rig up a sound system and blast out classical music interspersed with the sound of the ice-cream truck. Negative re-enforcement to encourage them to leave and positive re-enforcement to remind them of an an acceptable alternative.
Bruh that won’t do crap do you really think you care about Beethoven that much when your high
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Get a noise generator that puts out a 17 KHZ tone. To young ears it sounds like mosquitos.
Used the sprinkler trick frequently when our backyard used to boarder a public park and people would just lie down on our grass and make out. Worked like a charm.
Note on the fence saying yo kids wach out some boring adult is going to call cops if you smoke here. Sincerily your secret friend
How about the option that explains outdoor cats are actually illegal and how many of them are hit by cars, the amount of wildlife they kill, how they get attacked by predators and contract life threatening diseases.. so keep them inside an quit bitching about fricken cigarette smokers.
Telling teens they’re being watched!!! They live for that s**t. Ever heard of Tik Tok, YouTube, Instagram? I’m pretty sure most people nowadays know that there is no privacy in public and at the two words somewhat conflict. They don’t care id they’re being watched.
Outdoor cats=ecological catastrophe, I love cats but outdoor cats made more than 60 species disappear, they like to hunt for fun, just please keep them inside or walk them on a leash
Sprinklers are perfect for this, also keep your cats inside (i say hypocritically)
The cats should suck up the smoke./j Also the third one is the best option. I'm all about that petty life.
I think the best choice has been made. A good trick would be to stand in the window overlooking the smoking area so that your bottom half is hidden below the window's sill and shake a bottle of sauce below the window sill while grinning eagerly at them as they smoke. Throw in a wink or two for bonus points
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.
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.
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.
