Land of Oz

Neighbors

We got a new neighbor who moved in a couple of months ago. He's really not a bad sort, but he does a lot of stupid things that really don't fit in the neighborhood. The house he bought (at nearly list) had one of the best lawns in the area - now it looks like a hayfield. He has this huge riding lawn mower, waits for the grass to get high, then scalps it down and leaves the cut stuff sitting there. There was one pile about 8" high and 8' long in his driveway for a month.

As soon as he moved in he put in a fence. Naturally for the three (large) dogs he has. I've had more than a few evenings ruined by his beasts barking for hours on end. While the stupid dogs could be worse, I shouldn't have to plan my outside time around his. And one dog pretty regularly runs loose. We've planted some shrubs to hopefully block the view of his fence and yard and dogs.

He has two cats that spend more time pooping and peeing in my yard than they do in his yard. And they love checking out my bird feeders. I keep hoping one of my other neighbors will shoot them.

He rarely sorts his trash for recycling. Our area had a cut in trash fees last year because so many people do recycle.

He parks his car in his back yard. He's got a pretty nice set of ruts across the front yard (not that he cares about his yard) where he pulls it in.

His kids keeps their car in the street where the snowplows have to work around them.

The last time he plowed his driveway, he scalped about a two-three square foot of sod up and has never put it back down. Of course this week we had a new snow that buried his sod and he doesn't seem to shovel his drive.

Another new neighbor on the other side of me told me, "I'm glad you live between him and me." One of the older neighbors across the street mentioned she couldn't understand why they moved here.

This guy has cars in his backyard, his yard looks a mess, he parks just about anywhere and he has three dogs who bark too often and snarl quite viciously when I walk past their fence. While we do live somewhat in the country, it's still a subdivision. This guy should have bought some house farther out in the boondocks where he could be the unthinking slob he strives to be.

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