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."
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
Counter protest - "kids, do what you feel is right, and ignore that pedo screamer!"
Correct answer. Sit opposite with an even louder loud-hailer and play some nice music or quote bits of the bible about live and let live, let he who is without sin cast the first stone, and loving thy neighbour, etc...
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Next time call the cops and tell them that he is a pervert trying to entice children over with a megaphone. That'll stop him.
Stand in front of him with a bigger megaphone and when ever he starts, you start. Subjects of interest: Church of Satan. Ritual Sacrifice. Harry Potter (Don't ask why, but it really does set them off) and just keep shouting over him until he gives up. Also, if you run out of things to say, either ramble inanely or use the sirens built into the things and finally... feedback is your friend! Get as close as possible and press that button down hard
There’s some dude who stands outside my school with a sign that says “praying for your school, GOD IS THE ANSWER” and honestly I’m not sure what question our school has…
If GOD IS THE ANSWER then the question must be "What is the name of the fictional entity to whom countless people pray?"
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If it creates a regular noise disturbance, especially during unreasonable hours, the police are obligated to respond. Also, this is clearly harassment of minors, another reason the police would respond.
Something very similar went to US Supreme Court and they ruled 8-1 its free speech/religion. Its on public land during hours that a government building is open and operating. Its a case of the one bad apple ruining the basket. If there's a noise ordinance prohibiting loud noises over xx dB during school hours to allow a learning environment, they can be arrested. Then its the volume, not the message, that's being censored and it counts the same for a megaphone, car radio, and jackhammer. Once school is out, the noise ordinance is invalid until night because, once again, you have to allow people to builds their additions and have their house parties so it can't be 24/7.
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Stand there and blow an air horn behind him everytime he opens his mouth... bet he'll move on.
Ask him if he’s been born again. Tell him you can arrange for it to happen again !
Get your own megaphone and tell the kids they’re doing great and going to heaven, or some other positive messages of your choice b
Get him a bus ticket to Topeka KS and directions to the Westboro Baptist Church where he can be among his own kind.
get on a satan costume, and explain to him how he's driving you out of business. the tell him you'll be coming for him at midnight...I don't know if it would stop him, but it'll give everybody a good laugh
If that was Ireland he would have that shoved in a place where he couldn't reach the handle. Big bigoted eejit
This kind of free speech should be run out of town. Fücken religious nut jobs.
Is their no line between freedom of speech and disturbing the peace?
There are frequently local noise ordinances. Using a bullhorn may violate the ordinance, especially if it is at an early hour.
Dress in a clown suit and stand next to him. Say nothing, just stand there smiling. If he moves you follow. A bulb horn tooted at random might annoy him no end.
I think he thins it's for the love of God he's yelling - he's deranged but disturbing the peace!
Turn sprinklers on, pray for rain, set up counter protest to yell at this guy...
Not even a citation for disturbing the peace when he's yelling into a megaphone? What if he was yelling "hail Satan"??
Uh, actually the police just don’t want to start something with him. They should though.
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
“Unaccompanied Poultry” On The City Sidewalk
Our neighbor's peacock and peahens would get out, and cry at his gate until he got home! Silly birds!
Someone Get This Man A Job At The Cdc
How is this person then sanitising the tongs are each use? Or are they potentially carrying around a contaminated item and if so how is that helping? 🤣
Alright Then
Not a problem, Laurence, as long as you reciprocate (and aren’t doing anything illegal). Welcome to the neighborhood!
I Never Mentioned A Poop Bag
PLEASE use my trash can if it's at the curb, ESPECIALLY for poopy bags! Better where they belong than on the street!
Computer Goose
I Love This
I'd be pissed and amused at the same time, the internal struggle is real
That's A Bit Too Descriptive
Neigbors
Well, I have seen some houses that really need some cleaning up, tbh. Some have honestly been hazards to public health, with garbage piled up in the yard. Imagine the rodents and cockroaches. So yeah, I can see this request being valid in those cases. But, knowing HOA b******t like I do, the house might just have something innocuous in the yard. Like children’s toys and /or bikes, or maybe a chair or something, and the HOA Nazi neighbors are making a mountain out of a molehill.
Shut Up Todd
Or Maybe It Was A Coyote?
Lol usually a coyote. I got tired of reminding them that this was THEIR land first, and will be after we are gone, so watch your pets when they are outside!
The Terrifying Oj Bandit
Poor Lisa, Forgot What The American Flag Looked Like
Lady Sent Me A Dm With My Home Address And Threatens To Come To My House Because I Left Sad Face Reactions On Her Comments About Homeless People. Yes I Actually Did End Up Calling Police
Did Anyone Else Have Strange People Come By Last Night?
Mysterious Bath
I actually have a similar thing with the neighbourhood cat. She wanders in and out now and then, super cuddly little thing. But occasionally she’ll smell freshly washed and I cannot help but picture someone bathing her. Which seems like quite a risk with the average cat.
Did I Ask, Linda?
Don’t Let Your Dog Pee On Walks!
?? I don't let my dog wee on other people's lawns. If they're on a lead it's not hard to do. It's not because they're bursting, they're marking the territory and therefore it can wait.
Upset With My Neighbor's WiFi Name
Our neighbor's WiFi name is Trump2020 so I had to change ours to Trumpsuxdoggiedix.
Neighbors
TBH, small, high energy dogs do move fast, and some people are a little slow hitting buttons on their phones, so…
Must Have Been A Bummer BBQ...
I hope it's not one of those cute chicks and this was left as a warning for the rest.
The Brown Eye Bandit
"Um, electric company? Yeah, I'm not going to be paying my bill this month and maybe not next month. Why? Well, you see, someone has farted in my mailbox and my bill smalls like fart now." I'll be over here laughing about this for awhile now.🤣🤣🤣
It’s Very Important For The Attorney To Be Christian
Honest, Christian and attorney in the same sentence? your having a laugh lol.
Can The Kids Find A More Convenient Time To Go Missing?
“Our three year old has gone missing, can we send out an alert? What? It might bother Karen? Oh, thank God you told us, better wait til brunch.”
This Guy Thinks He Lives In A Small Town
Possibly concussion if he made it through chatting with the driver then returning home before he realized he and his scooter were banged up
It’s Always Awkward When People Treat Nd Like Their Facebook Feed
She's Been Asking For Money And Threatening To Kill Herself For Weeks. Please Don't Come Back
Started With An Argument About Fireworks Past 12am And Ended Up With Him Showing Up In Front Of My House With This Sign For About Two Hours
I Hope Whoever Scooped Up This Deal Appreciates It More Than This Guy's GF
No Need To Fear, Vigilante Vedran Is On It
At least this proves the crazies aren't just reporting Existing While Black encounters. They report everyone.
Cat Cat Cat Cat Goose?
How’s Your Neighborhood Handling The Pandemic? Mine’s Full Of Ignorant People Like These
Getting Deep With Your Neighbors
Suspicious Duck
I’d call it many things - awesome, fantastic, slightly bizarre - but “suspicious” says a lot about them.
Kristen's Cat Is Probably Wondering Where's Lunch
Oh No, Not A Jewel!
Occam’s Razor: The simplest explanation is usually the best. It’s probably just a USB stick. BTW, it’s spelled Juul, not Jewel, and if you didn’t find the actual vape or any of the accessories (charger, oil, etc), you can be confident she’s not vaping. Lastly, STAY TF OUT of your daughter’s room!!! If she’s a college freshman, she’s 18, and an adult. She deserves her privacy. If you have NO reason to suspect she’s gotten into anything harmful, then leave her alone, or she will move out and you won’t see her again. I say this from personal experience.
Neighbor Sees The Light And Realizes ‘Illegals’ Can’t Actually Vote In Elections
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!
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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.
