The close neighbors I have now arent bad. I have a young 20s something couple to one side and an older lady lives behind us. The other "neighbors" are a welding shop and his various properties (including a big lot on one side of us). Then a little further down the street, the city office, post office, bank and liquor store. kitty corner is the fire station and century tel place. Of course after hours most of those are closed up.
When I first moved here we had a older guy and his wife that lived to one side of us. He was the WORST gossip and better yet, he made things up as he went along. Then he would take it over to the bar and spread the rumors.
I am still living with some of those idiotic rumors to this day, though the people that got to know me better know it was a load of crap.
He also hated my dogs because he couldnt come prowling around the property for one reason or another without setting them off.
If they barked TWICE in a row (I dont let them carry on and bring them in if they are being obnoxious) he called the police.
Finally, he got chewed out by the local officer who had been around at all hours and NEVER heard my dogs making a lot of noise.
He hated me more after that and was paranoid, thought i was out to get him.
He accused my oldest daughter of stealing a ladder he had on a truck across town. Neat trick that would be since she was 15 at the time and didnt drive!! But she was supposed to have grabbed this heavy ladder and trucked down to the other end of town with it. Riiiiiiiiiiiight. I will never say my kids are complete angels but they arent liars and thieves.
Then he came out of the bar late one night when it was closing and the cop picked him up for being intoxicated. I never got that one because he could practically CRAWL home from there....anyway, he said I was watching and reported him. As IF. I had better things to do than sit by my window and watch for an old drunk to come out of the bar. Sleep, for one.
He also was into killing the stray cats in the neighborhood. Once he slit ones throat and threw it onto our back cement slab. It was one my youngest daughter had been feeding. Luckily I was able to dispose of it before she saw.
Ended up he and his wife got divorced, foreclosed upon and he moved out of state. Awwww. I was SO sad.
The other bad neighbors we had were a woman and her five kids. It was like a revolving door around there of abuse, alchohol, cigarettes and drugs. I only bring up the cigarettes because 10 year olds were smoking them and she bought them for the kids. Brainy, that one. But they too moved and now there is a garage there. That makes a lot better neighbor....
Nice young 20 something couple. Renting to own their uncles house who've I've lived next to for 10 years or so. The neighbor told his neice and nephew I'm a nice enough guy, but it took him awhile to realize that I'm just matter of fact and blunt
