These are the (awful) people in your neighborhood thread

[Sarah]

A friend of mine had a neighbor who played loud music late into the night. After politely asking the neighbor to turn it down several times and being assured it wouldn't happen again, only to be awoken by loud music a week or so later, my friend decided to take matters into his own hands. Right before leaving for the weekend, he placed his speakers up against the wall he shared with the neighbor, turned the stereo up to full blast, and put Slayer's Reign in Blood on repeat.

When my friend got back home on Sunday night, the neighbor knocked on the door, said "Man, I'm sorry," and they never had another cross word between them.

I like this story.  And I like that neighbor.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

i have a friend who lives in LA and she came to me with a problem about her neighbor being loud while masturbating.

she said she never heard a girl over there, or saw a girl, but could hear him multiple times while she was at home (day or nite) handling his business.  when she came to us for advice i told her to leave a note.  i mean, at that point, he wont even care about a note once he realizes everyone can hear him.

or, maybe thats his "thing".

[erika]

In Pittsburgh I lived in a house that was *almost* a townhouse, but not really. Meaning, it was really narrow but not connected to the houses on either side... they were separated by about 18 inches. The place was really hot in the summer and we couldn't install air conditioners because the windows were too small. So we just had all the windows open.

Over the course of the summer we would hear all the conversations, fighting (and fucking) of our neighbors on either side of us. Eventually by the end of the season, we figured out that the neighbor on one side was having an affair with the neighbor on the other. We used to have secret conversations about it in the kitchen where there were no windows so no one would catch on.

It was a really messy situation.

[Bryan]

I'd rather overhear fucking than fighting any day. Nothing is a bigger bummer than overhearing domestic violence.

[Zookeeper Joe]

We had a downstairs neighbor in Hoboken who used to come in drunk at 3 am and blast the same song off the same album, over and over and over again.

Hold on Loosely, by .38 Special.

Now, in Jersey City Heights, we only have to put up with the racist yelling of Teddy The Drunk, down the street.  I have never personally seen anyone get punched in the face as many times as him; his neighbor, his associates, random passers-by...

[iAmBaronVonTito]

the song selection alone makes the story hilarious.

[masterofsparks]

Now, in Jersey City Heights, we only have to put up with the racist yelling of Teddy The Drunk

OK, enough of the Ted Leo bashing. The Fall Out Boy thing was bad enough, but this goes too far.

[Pat K]

For a real great feeling, try finding on of those websites for your state/county/whatever that tracks the addresses of sex offenders to see what your neighbors are REALLY up to.  I haven't had the balls to do it for my new place since I moved back to NY last year.

Now, in Jersey City Heights, we only have to put up with the racist yelling of Teddy The Drunk

I think TL should adopt Teddy The Drunk as a side project/alternate persona type thing, like Garth Brooks and Chris Gaines.

[John Junk 2.0]

For a real great feeling, try finding on of those websites for your state/county/whatever that tracks the addresses of sex offenders to see what your neighbors are REALLY up to.  I haven't had the balls to do it for my new place since I moved back to NY last year.

Yeesh!  This may come as a surprise, but there sure are a whole lot of sex offenders near downtown L.A.!  Now I know the names, addresses, and have mugshots of my two local neighborhood child molesters as well as my neighborhood rapist.  Thanks internet!

[Pat K]

Yeesh!  This may come as a surprise, but there sure are a whole lot of sex offenders near downtown L.A.!  Now I know the names, addresses, and have mugshots of my two local neighborhood child molesters as well as my neighborhood rapist.  Thanks internet!

Yeah, I had a couple of rapists in my building when I lived in DC, including the guy upstairs who I was on a stop-and-chat acquaintance level with. My female roommate was thrilled to find that out.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

our first apartment when i moved to memphis had a child molestor for the maintainence guy, people with kids went crazy, he wrote a letter explaining what happened (of course, he "didnt" do it), then shortly after moving out found out from the old neighbor that he killed his mother-in-law.

honestly, the nicest guy ever.

[Patrick]

i lived in a building that had a sex offender,  after moving in he introduced himself one day and told me.  i guess he served his time and was living with his girlfriend and working for the landlord. 

he always smiled and said hi every time i ran into him outside or down the street and the store.  could not have been a nicer guy. 

[Son of Dorvid]

Oh, I think he could've been a little nicer.

[John Junk 2.0]

Oh, I think he could've been a little nicer.

LOL

[jbissell]

Last year I was a temp at the county sheriff's office and all of the sex offenders had to come in and register with the old guy who sat next to me.  It's been his job for the last 15 years, seemed like the most depressing job ever.