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Rude Neighbors
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I can't say that all my neighbors are rude or racist. Some are nice or at least pretend to be.Some are just right in your face racist. The biggest problem that we have had since buying our home on 3/05 is a latino neighbor who tells my children that my husband is lazy every chance he gets. I tried to be nice and diplomatic about the situation but I regret that I may be past that point. Not that I owe him an explanation but my husband is and has been ill so some yard duties may be neglected for a while, but eventually done. I don't understand his logic in this matter. Why would you stop children to rant and rave. The man thing to do would be to voice your opponion to the adults. The christian thing to do would be to lend a helping hand. Not assume or judge. There have been other things that our neighbors have done like egg our home and vandilize it. We've just never felt welcomed here. It's kind of weird living in Pontiac, Michigan (a minority community) and dealing with racist behaviors. We are the only afro americans on the street, everyone else is latino and white. Maybe we should relocate to an all caucasian neighborhood. Who would have thought that in America a latino would be racist against another minority group.
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Posted by:
blessings
(female, 40-ish)
(Posted 6/7/07)
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optimist
(7/8):
i hear you. i just moved to a new neighborhood (middle class..mixed ethnicity) and these people are downright unwelcoming! my house got paintballed and i even got a city complaint called for not clearing leaves off the lawn (i just owned the property for two weeks!) my neighbors are latino, filipinos, chinese and act like they came from royalty. the latino neighbor would just stare at me when i walk by without even smiling or even a little hello. yes i have said hello and gotten no response. what a weirdo. and then i have these filipino neighbors across the street who would park on my side (when there are perfectly available spots on their side). and when they park, theres garbage like leftover fast food stuff and empty bottles. just today, they decided to fix their car on MY side and junk all over the sidewalk. i know i don't own the street parking but its just common courtesy to park in front of your OWN house and not dump garbage in the street? i ended up moving all that crap to the middle of the street to make a point. i mean what do i do? call the cops and say they left garbage on the street? now i'm scared they're gonna do something to my car. they recently had a party and their friend literally park and BLOCKED my driveway and when i asked their friend to move the car...the friend threatened to beat me up. nice. so i had to file a police report. then there is the asian neighbor behind me who is just as bad. i'm asian btw. she would constantly ask how many people lived in my house ( i don't care if a herd of 50 elephants lived in my house!! its my house???)and fyi only two adults and two kids under age 3 live here. then she accused me of picking at some plants of hers. and her husband would give me dirty looks too. aaah!!! so you think you got rude neighbors? i do too. :-( I swear all this is true. :-( i want to move but with a tight market in california its not possible. what ever happened to good 'ol friendly neighborhoods?
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optimist
(7/8):
and i would like to add another thing...i'm sorry to add the ethnicity to each of these neighbors. i just wanted to make a point that regardless of ethnicity there are some really stinkin' annoying BAD neighbors!!!
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StillHurts
(10/26):
My husband and I (both caucasion) have been renting a house in a primarilly Asian neighborhood for the last 13 years. Most of our Chinese neighbors act like they hate us (not all, but around 80%).
If we wave or say hello to them they just glare or scowl back at us. I'm not sure what to make of it. We're quiet people & we keep to ourselves. We've never done or said anything malicious to anyone. Our neighbors accross the street were even dumping their leftover dinner scraps on our lawn for awhile. I nailed a big sign that said "NO DUMPING!" to a tree facing their house & it finally stopped so I removed the sign.
Should I have to tell my neighbors that dumping their garbage on our lawn is not acceptable? What is wrong with these people? Is it just because we're not Asian?
We have not 1 ounce of bigotry in either one of us. This has moved me to tears several times & I don't even like having to water or rake anymore in my front yard because I feel the stares on me. I feel so unwelcome here.
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Prozac
(7/31):
I am in a similar situation in PA. I live in a small town and my house is the end of the row. I have lived in my house for 3 years and the very first month we hear our neighbor say "Why in this whole town did niggers have to move next to me" We had no previous conversation before we heard this comment coming thru our window. The woman never spoke to us. She was acting angry every time we saw her. I guess she heard rumors we were coming and worked herself into a fit. I purposely waited for her to come back home so I could confront her. She was obviously drunk and admitted she said it and would say it again. I work in the health care profession and have been called many names but It took all my willpower not to knock her on her butt. I also didn't need to get arrested for assault. Since that time we have been feuding. She does not watch her children. The oldest has some type of mental development issues. They're always on my property. The oldest has vandalized my tree by stabbing it with a knife. He was at one time walking around with a hammer beating on my stone wall. He's about 15 or 16. I dread when he is out of school permanently. He's a 302 ( Commit for his own safety and the safety of others) waiting to happen. Her yard is a mess constantly. Food wrappers, shoes, socks, paint cans all over front and back. My mother said my neighbor is the type that she needs to feel better than someone else because she knows she's not. If I had moved next door to someone who was comfortable with their lives I would not have any problems. I hate living here. I've heard her saying she was going to move,but I told my husband she's just talking. I will probably be gone before she will.
My advise to those buying houses is to make sure you have plenty of land around your house to keep neighbors at a distance. Also my neighor has a buddy who lives on the block and they like to stand on the sidewalk near my house and have "talks" only thing missing are white sheets.
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