I wish i could figure a way to make my neighbor hate me that much,he is a real prick ,(even worse than me)..
I did at first as the last guy to live here used to wrench too. But turns out he was an a-hole. After I got to know some of them it got better. I helped a few of them do some silly yard work and what not. Now I get away with anything. They come over to hang out and check on my projects all the time. One of them actually comes over almost daily to see if I need help holding parts for welding moving anything! Another one mows my lawn for me and I sharpen his mower blade. I can actually take a car out in the street and do a big burnout with it and they all come out to see the smoke and laugh and smile-even the old lady across the street! And she's like 90!. Loud cars and bikes? No problem. I just try not to make noise with hammering and grinding after like 10 PM or so and it's all cool,
I only have one neighbor really close which is a rental duplex that is 15 inches off my property line and right now the tennants are total scum. There are two sisters and their kids, boyfriends/husbands of the hour, etc. in each unit. I'm not sure who belongs to who and who all really lives there, there are so many cousins and aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, etc. coming and going ......... I don't care if they hate me as long as they never get over being half scared of me. Nice thing about a small town you pretty much know who everybody is and I knew "of" them so I went over the day they moved in and made it quite clear where the property line was and that I was capable of dishing out as much trouble as they were. I will have to admit though it isn't all bad, they ARE entertaining, between the two the cops have been there over 95 times since New Year's Day 2007! The local cops and other neighbors think a lot more highly of me and my old cars now, guess they just needed something worse to compare me to.
My 'hood's A ok.my biker nieghbor across the street drunkenly rides his Harley day or nite at anytime and the Brazilians that live next to him talk at 67 times the decible rate of a normal person and to the right of me is a wooded lot and the left is my asshole brother who's my neighbor.
it appears some of you people need to work on your social skills , and to the ones whos neighbors actually like you! your not trying hard enough
I thought i had a problem with one of my neighbors to the south..but it turned out to be my than girlfriend they didnt like..so once i got rid of her, things have been nothing but the best. My neighborhood is quiet, and respectful. I dont purposely do things to piss people off. I have my shop in the back and try not to be a pain in anyones ass. Im kind of a quiet person , but will do anything to help out my neighbors if aproached right.
when i rolled in i think they might have thought the worst, until i fixed there lawn mower.pulled some tree limbs out of the yard...now im the go to guy...they watch out for my stuff.....
My advice; Always be respecful and represent our way of life in a positive way. I am furtunate enough to live in an upscale neighborhood and have decided to work on my 31 Olds at my place of business rather then pissing them off. I used to paint in my garage but my compresser could not handle the HVLP or my DA sanders so I moved my project to a garage at work. At least they still smile and wave at me in the morning. Just my thoughts. BC
I have always tried to get along with my neighbors it makes life a lot easier. Oh and buy their house when you get a chance and rent it to someone who can't bitch . I own the houses on either side of my shop.
The key is don't be the one your neighbors hate the most. As long as I have my snowblower and mow my their yards every now and then when their gone I'm good with them. We've got this old Cuban dude that lives close when he comes home he lay's on the horn till his ol lady opens the garage door, and fuck if they don't have a garage door opener. He is the most hated! Castro probably put his ass on a boat.
Why can't we all just get along. LOL I had problems with the one neighbor. Now I think they understand that it is better to let me alone. When it was all said a done the cops are alway after them and stop by to see how things are going with me. The cops love my bikes are cars now. Just do not stoop to there level and you will win every time.
My neighbor's hate me, it could be the Harley's rollin in at three AM. Or maybe open header big blocks who knows, better yet who cares!
My neighbors like me. I like them. I dont leave torn up cars in the driveway, I close the shop door if I'm making noise. I dont roar through the neighborhood with my pipes open. I help them out cause I'm fortunate enough to have some skills and tools that they dont. Its called common courtesy. I guess I'd be the asshole calling the cops on some of you the way you describe yourselves.
half my nieghbors got old rigs as well, so thier cool. the other half don't care enough to meet me so i don't care enough to find out if they hate me. Most likely they do be cause i'm young and happy... they seem old and unhappy. they won't even wave
I finally got my neighbors sorted out.... The two ass-hats moved, and I made peace with/schmoozed the rest. A couple of brake jobs and them getting to know me and the wife worked things out. Now because of a job change I am moving again and get to start the whole process over. Life sucks sometimes.
I have my own furniture making business on properity, The zoning around here is no noise after 10:00pm and before 7:00am. So even in the car shop I follow the business rules. I also plow their snow and after the breakins in the early 90's we all watch each others houses when we're are gone. I guess the important factor is respect for one an other. They are not car people and I am not a hunter, But we still ask about each others hobbies ect. Jim H
Some of my neighbors actually like me cuz I fix their cars for them or help them dispose of old dryers or move stuff. Some seem to hate me though and never smile or wave or anything. I try to be nice but I do have alot of cars at my house. The guy across the street has a teenager with a rock band so I think they are hated more than me. Weird thing is, everytime a nearby house goes on sale out comes the city ordinance guy. After several years, he's given up and I haven't seen him for a while (here's a tip, get on the cities website and read the law and comply with it. In my case, non runners have to be covered and on a paved surface and out of veiw so I did all this and it seems to keep them away) I am moving them out slowly to piece of land I have in the desert so that should make them happier. Me too so I have space to work on them out of veiw. The one guy who really didn't like me moved after he figured I wasn't going to change.
If you can picture a real life Ned Flanders then you can picture my neighbor.We always talk but I get the feeling he is horrified of me and secretly hates me. I try and keep it down at night other than holidays when I am having parties, but I still think he gets pissed because it is literally lights out at his house every night at 8pm sharp
I get along with most every one around me. Though, for some reason the old lady across the street has stopped talking to us completely. I truly think the hot rods bother her. I do not act like an idiot, or work on loud stuff late out of respect for the neighbors but I think she completely hates what we do there for I think she has learned to hate us because she has no understanding towards my families hobbies, and interest. It used to bother me until I found out how she talks to the kids in the neighbor hood. Now I am OK with the fact she hates us because she is a certifiable loony old bitch!
I get that from one neighbor, but they hate everyone. All my other neighbors like me, well one of them has an 18 year old daughter in high school that recently took interest in old cars probably because of my old merc....so I don't know if they still like me She wants to do something with her life in the car world though, so I'm happy to talk to her about it. I always leave in the morning when the moms are at the bus stop seeing off their kids.....the other day this little girl covered her ears and shouted "MOMMY WHY IS IT SO LOUD"!!! -it was funny.
my neighbors are great. I bought the house from my grandparents a few years ago and my uncle broke the oldtimers in for me when he was a kid! I still get neighbors who come over just because they know I'm into hotrods just like He is. The newer neighbors are just as good. one restores and races antique imported bikes (english and japanese), one has a open piped harley, the other has a gto in the garage and his old man runs the local cruise night! got it pretty easy for now. I do worry when the old timers are going to start passing away though. I'll get some looney soccer mom who's got nothing better to do than stare out the windows at my cars.....
My ex neighbor from 10 years ago was an elderly woman that lived there with here son ,who was a none working 40 year old dope head .He would stay up all night and get high i guess and then crash all day.Well i worked nights then and in the afternoons around 2 pm i would be running power tools and doing work with body hammers about an hour into it everday he would wake up and come to the fence and raise hell with me.I even asked if there was a better time for me to work where it wouldnt bother them so much.He smartassed me and said "yes never" .I told him to "Go fuck himself" after that comment and "stop using drugs" .They called the law on me many times for a few years till his mom had a heart attack and died in her bathroom .Looking back i kinda think i contributed to her death and feel bad about it.I have settled down alot since then believe it or not ...
Ive been here for a year on the 19th. I haven't had any real issues but I keep everything cleanup and don't make any noise after about 5 pm....
My neighbours love me.....free holist massages on the left, free beer from the "ladies" across the street and a nascar loving widow on my right.The widows husband was an old hotrodder back in the day. Since I drive a plow truck for our dealership in the winter I make sure all three get their driveways cleared when it snows.Massage guy neighbour lets my parties spill into his backyard since there is no fence and he parties all of the time.Local bylaw officers daughter is one of my sons best friends.Life is good so far......
My neighbors are ok... they all banded against me once and made me sign a contract that i would not start my rods before 8 AM or after 10 PM..... only if i need to go to work in one of them.... They really hate when i take the Rods to work when i have to be there at 3 am..... TOO BAD!!!!!!!!
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