‘She reported my vehicle as abandoned’: Karen calls cops on neighbor for parking in front of her own house

Everyone hates a tattletale. If someone is doing something wrong, they’re probably going to get caught anyway, so why put yourself in the middle of it? I especially hate people who create conflict where there isn’t any in the first place. That is precisely what happened to one Redditor who got the bylaws called on …
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‘She reported my insured and used vehicle as abandoned’: Karen calls bylaw on neighbor for parking in front of her own house

Having a car in the city can be a nightmare. If you’re living it up in the burbs with a two-car garage, you can tuck your vehicle away inside an extension of your house, away from the public’s prying eyes. If you live in, let’s say, Columbus, Ohio, your entire life is dictated by where, …
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‘It has never been ok to show up to someone’s house completely unannounced ‘: Woman claims millennials killed community spirit, millennials fight back

People have blamed millennials for innocuous cultural shifts for at least a decade, if not more. They were such an easy target for so many years, taking up the «resident young generation» position with grace and dignity. Now, there are very few millennials who are under the age of 30, and Gen Z has usurped …
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HOA Resident Proposes Neighborhood Should Enforce a Dress Code to Drive up Property Values

I have a confession to make: I grew up in a neighborhood with a homeowners association. You might think that having a homeowners association is a failsafe way to ensure your neighbors keep a tidy lawn, but you’d be wrong! Despite the constant watchful eye of the HOA looking over us, our next-door neighbors still …
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Resident Gets Payback Against a Bitter HOA Board Member, Revving Their Engine and Driving in Low Gears (Which are Obnoxiously Loud) to Comply With Anti-Speeding Legislature

If you’re an avid rule-follower, it is frustrating to get called out as a punk anyways. You’ve worked hard to be a lawful and diligent citizen by abiding by the rules, but it seems like good intentions go nowhere in a world where whistleblowers lurk at every corner. This is always true when it comes …
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‘This is what you get without an HOA’: Snooty Man Gets Mocked After Complaining About Neighbor Not Joining Homeowner Association

Ah, neighbors. They can be annoying enough when you rent, but property ownership brings out even more of the worst qualities in the bad ones. Case in point are homeowner associations. Theoretically, these organizations help everybody maintain standards in the neighborhood, but they are often used as an excuse for douchebaggery of the highest level.  …
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Disgruntled Neighbor Starts Debate for Response to Loud Couple Next Door

Neighbor etiquette has never been easy. Just like family, we don’t really have a choice who we live next to, but we usually have none of the intimacy that comes from a family relationship either. It’s pretty easy to be an inconsiderate neighbor if you’re not careful, and the politics of addressing that can be …
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Dude Tapes Crazy Letter On His Neighbors Door After Getting Ghosted, Twitter Debates Who is The Bad Guy

The discourse around the ethics of ghosting has been floating around the internet for years, and it seems like everybody feels strongly about it. I am convinced that some people believe that ghosting is a war crime. I am pro-ghosting in certain circumstances, and I’m no stranger to ghosting people after a first date, especially …
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Nosy Karen Writes Cruel Letter Complaining That Her Neighbor Didn’t Put Christmas Lights Up

Christmas is right around the corner, and you know what that means: there are 10 million things you need to do at any given moment, and you don’t have time for any of them! If you have kids, it’s even worse. I don’t even know how parents today can deal with the Elf on the …
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Entitled Neighbor Karen Calls Tow Truck When Dude Parks in Front of His Own House

Most of the joy of owning or residing in your own place is that, while you’re in that space, the rest of the world can be damned and leave you the hell alone. This is a privilege that is a huge motivator for a lot of folks who seek to enter themselves into immeasurable debt …
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