Nothing wrong with that, Curtis - I've done that, too - and liked it.

The problems start when folks live very close together and rub each other the wrong way. Some folks still have respect for themselves and their neighbors, but some don't.

A couple of years ago, my neighbor - who was the founder of the largest legal firm in the state - got himself a new trophy wife. The problem became drugs - drugs for the kids and for the parents - kind of a his 'n' hers thing with the neighborhood turned into a "go to" place for wild times. It got so bad that one day when my wife was in the front yard, all you could hear from the boys throwing a football in the cul-de-sac was the 'F' bomb...... "F" this "F'ing" that. I'm fairly easy going, but that crossed the line and I found myself confronting about a dozen 18 year olds who then wanted to get smart and fight. Of course, they all backed down and went away, but the problem remained for the neighborhood until the wife spent all the husband's money, they divorced, the kids went away, the house and cars were foreclosed on, the fellow went to the hospital with cancer, lost everything.... including the cars and house and moved away - leaving the neighborhood once again fairly peaceful.

I don't think any sane person would want to live near that.



Me, too - until someone else's habits start impacting my living...... then my position becomes "I'll live, but I ain't so sure about you". <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

Frank