We picked close neighbors because then there are no real secrets. In other suburbs I have lived in or small towns nobody knows the neighbor other than right next door or across the street.
We lived in an area where clandestine meth labs were everywhere, just above Gig Harbor and Pierce County where Tacomca is. We lived in Kitsap County across from Seattle. But if you took the Narrows bridge over from Tacoma you saw all sorts of meth freaks. Back in the “Cops” days it was constantly on Pierce County, WA and a few counties in Missouri. Luckily laws changed and the meth thing headed South.
I’ve heard that Atlanta is one of the biggest hubs for ICE meth from Mexican super labs.
Strangely enough meth was never big in Western NY, but crack cocaine is still a plague of our inner cities and all the gun violence save strange goings on in the burbs or rural towns a bit farther out.
I want rules. The backpack blowers need better sound dampening. Those things make unmuffled mini-bikes from youth, no brakes either, seem quiet. Way more harsh than most motorcycles as we have a motorcycle shop that’s way less annoying than the lawn nazis of a covenanted townhome neighborhood directly South of my backyards. It’s included in their HOA fees. They mow and blow in the rain, at 8am on Sundays.
Yep, some rules are necessary as is some common sense. Instead of fees you will get sued by your tax district. Stick rather than carrot. Too many people fertilizing more than once a year which is filling out drainage ponds with hummus and making huge algae blooms in the Great Lakes.
I have grape vine rows in my backyard. The initial builders were upset but my neighbors love them along with the raspberries. I just not a weed nazi as I eat the grapes or make wine and jelly with them. Minimal spraying for Japanese beetles and for powdery mildew. We do have to dump heavy insecticide in the front as we have an Ash tree and the invasion of voter beetles from Canada is a big threat.
Have you though about renting a 10” front opening storage unit to use as a shop? I know people that do it for automotive or motorcycle purposes. Cheaper to rent and engine hoist than to buy and keep it taking up space.
Just a thought.
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