I have written a few times about how much I enjoy using the Nextdoor app, but after reading a few posts from the Best of Nextdoor Twitter account, I realized we live in a pretty boring neighborhood.
Here are some examples of the messages people have posted in their local Nextdoor app, courtesy of the Best of Nextdoor Twitter app:
Giving vegans a bad name…
I’m guessing the person did not read the instructions on how to set up a poll. Great response rate though…
Like many of the ones I read on the best of Nextdoor, I’m not sure if this is a real one…
Sounds like this neighborhood has quite the Neighborhood Watch organization as well…
Is Ryan a plant for the leasing company?
I’d be curious how many responses he got…
Sounds kind of shady…
I assume orthopedic surgeons feel the same way…
This is a lot to digest…
Other sources:
I forecast that Nextdoor is one of those good ideas that eventually will run amuck because too many people are involved in privacy issues. Reporting someone for parking inside their garage instead of in their driveway? How scandalous! 🤣 I’d say somebody has too much time on their hands.
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there are a lot of nosy neighbors with too much timeon their hands.
but I also wonder how many of these are people just trying to be funny; I know I’ve been guilty of that a couple of times on Nextdoor…
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I can’t stand Nextdoor but that last one is awesome!!
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I actually like Nextdoor, but it is funny to read these crazy ones…
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Every post here is either racist paranoia, legit crime, or bitching.
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and the occasional neighbor helping neighbor…
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I have literally never seen that in the local NextDoor.
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I wrote about one in our neighbood a couple of weeks ago, about a neighbor helping an 8-year old biy get a ride in a Lamborghini…
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I hate when they hold a gun to my head and force me to look in the windows.
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That one had me laughing!
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same here… 🙂
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extreme exhibitionists…
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Lolz.
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It would be suspicious to see someone park in their garage around here as everyone’s garage is stuffed with junk in this neighborhood.
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I once heard my neighbor tell his daughter, “garages are not for cars!”
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there seems to be a lot of people who think that way…
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most people in our beighborhood got rid of their garages and turned it into living space…
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Here they just hang out in the garage
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In the development behind us when we go on walks we have passed a house where the garage is open and it has a big flat screen tv in it, along with 2 recliners. I am thinking its the man’s den. LOL!
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There are some men like that in y neighborhood. I always see them in the garage when I walk or drive by. I wonder if they are allowed in the house. By the way, it is hot as hell in the garage during the summer.
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Yes, it makes you wonder whether the garage is like being kicked out into the doghouse! I can believe that it is HOT, especially in Texas. Its hot enough in the garages here! Brad sure doesn’t want to watch TV from the garage! If I made him do that then you all would have an ACTUAL reason to say “Poor Brad!” LOL!
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I wouldn’t mind the heat, and the peace and quiet would be nice… 🙂
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You men and your “peace and quiet.’ , you say that and then blare rock music! Such peace and quiet. LOL!
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it’s the only way to play Bruce!
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good point… maybe they’ve been banned from the house…
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Maybe if they go in the house, they know someone will ask them to do something.
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sometimes us guys are smarter than we appear…
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We’d almost have to be…
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🙂
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The keyword here would be “sometimes.” 😂
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no argument there… 🙂
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Haha!
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Yeah, we might remind them about the project that they said they would do 6 months ago. 😛
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all good things take time… 🙂
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You can’t rush perfection, right?
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precisely… 🙂
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🙄
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I’d like one of those!
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sounds almost like a man cave…
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If these are examples of the best of Nextdoor, I’d hate to see the bad stuff. 🤣
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there’s often a fine line between what’s considered the best and the worst… 🙂
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Oh my gosh! Yeah, I may have …”smacked my head”… on the garage one and the last one as I laughed out loud at the last line!
Please tell me how circumsion and drinking alcohol….Actually no, don’t answer. LOL!
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yes, that last line about circumcision is what made it a classic… 🙂
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My sister was telling me about this app and I was telling her sure, sure don’t think I’m interested but seriously now I want to download it! It’s pretty freaking addictive LOL like reading good memes but these are real people’s lives?!!? 😱😭🙌🙏 Thank you for the introduction LOL
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Read the linked twitter site. Nextdoor is a horrible place full of angry people.
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Oh… I don’t have twitter but thanks for the heads up!
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I don’t either. You can click-thru and read… I was on there for almost 4 hours!!
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yikes!
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Total rabbit hole!
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apparently!
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like any social media platform, it’s a mixed bag…
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theya re pretty funny, and I’m always trying to figure out which ones are real and which ones are people trying to be funny…
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The last one really was funny! At need this so I can tell my neighbours to move their chickens.
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yes, the last one was one of the funnier ones. and it may be the perfect app to let your neighbor know about their chickens!
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Sounds like an app for budding stand-up comics.
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that’s what I think a lot of it is; people just trying to be funny…
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Darn you… I’ve been reading the tweets for HOURS!!
I love the people who are angry about food on their property and plan to call police! Yet the people with a THIRD abandoned cessna in their driveway seem to take it in stride!
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there is a wide range of issues and emotions o nthe site! and it can be addicitve…
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I brake for Pediatricians!
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I’ll be sure to tell all my pediatrician friends 🙂
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this morning’s burning question from our local Next Door is asking if there are any updates on Barry the Bat.
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I hope someone was able to provide an update! 🙂
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Now I’m so tempted to download this app. I don’t know which of these amused me the most. I really want to think the pediatrician was an autocorrect issue, but I know it wasn’t. I have no idea why circumcision would make a boy more prepared to drink alcohol. And the cheese on the windshield befuddles me. Maybe if they parked in the garage? But that might get them reported…
I know I’m going to download this app and lose hours of my life to this nonsense.
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yes, all levels of ridiculousness here. be very careful 🙂
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as you know I have a great affection for next door and find it endlessly fascinating, hilarious and even helpful at times.
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I thought of you while writing this; not knowing what to expect is part of its charm!
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Right! Like seeing that crazy uncle at a family event- you never know what you’ll get )
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exactly!
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Oh my! Moving to a new neighbourhood, I am very curious to see what kind of crazy stuff I’ll be exposed to. Like you, I live in a boring neighbourhood at the moment. Thanks for the morning laugh!
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I’m glad you enjoyed it. When I read your comment about moving, I thought to myself that you would have probably mentioned that in one of your posts. I went back and noticed that my WP Reader had not updated your feed for me at all, so I clicked on it anyway and noticed that I had missed a few of your recent posts. My apologies – and congrats and best of luck with your move!
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Ha! Good thinking on your part! Thank you so much. We are very excited about the move and about being close to the beach!
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so exciting!
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If I happen to be dreaming and come back to my senses, perhaps I will be back in the neighborhood at Applebee’s.
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Applebee’s will be happy to see you!
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Did you see the ones about the bees that are “stealing flowers” so the person wants to be comp’d? And the tall sunflower that the person thinks is a spy cam?
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my wife told me about the bees one – that is one of the crazier ones, and I wonder if it’s true.
and I did read the one about the sunflower spycam; people are just crazy…
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I think the guy freaking about cheese slices on his car remains my fave!
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that was a funny one, but I wonder if he put it there himself…
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I doubt it. Probably a kid. They do weird stuff like that. I remember babysitting (at 13).. we put cottonballs all over the parents car and thought it was hysterical!
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Yes, based on my own experience as a youngster, teens do like to do weird things…
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My neighbor is paranoid… had herself convinced that the super nice neighbors on the other side had reported her for cursing about her job. One, I doubt they even know that. Two, who are they gonna call for someone cussing – at home – about work? Three – she helps patients with paperwork… she’s not an RN, doc, or other direct caregiver. No wonder she smokes so much pot!
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maybe the pot is causing the paranoia…
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Yeah… I’m sure they’re feeding each other. She definitely abuses it.
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That’s too bad…
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Is there nothing better to do with one’s time? Wow. what will they think of next? 🙂
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apparently not, but it does keep a lot of people amused 🙂
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🙂
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Oh my, some of those are quite hilarious!
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Yes, whether they are real or not 🙂
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I inclined to think so but hope not.
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I usually go the other way; assume that it is fake 🙂
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I think that’s the safest way.
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and then if it is real, I’m pleasantly surprised!
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😉😊
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OMG, Jim, these are hilarious. It’s amazing the many things that upset people and what they do about them. Venting is what blogs are for, don’t they know that? LOL Calling the police about someone who starts using their garage instead of parking in the driveway – from the ridiculous to the sublime. 🙂
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yes, these were quite funny, although I wonder how many are fake, just trying to get a laugh…
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Good point, if so, then some very good writing. 🙂
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yes, if they are fake, some people have a good sense of humor… 🙂
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Yes. but you find all these on your own neighborhood watch, or do you scour the internet for such gems?
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I’ve found a couple of funny ones on our neighborhood one, but the ones I shared came from a twitter site that does gather “the best” of nextdoor from all over the world…
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That makes sense! I love the post. I’ll have to check out that Twitter site when I have some time. 🙂
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be careful of checking that Twitter site, it could suck you in pretty easily. Another commenter noted that she ended up spending four hours on it after reading my post!
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I can’t sit for hours yet. I barely get through making comments back to my friends. 🙂
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I try to set limits; otherwise I could surf the day away… 🙂
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Yes, I can see that from your posts. They are fun to read, but you have read for hours to read them. I just look up stuff, post, and respond. Do over. Maybe I should try reading. 🙂
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maybe I need to do less reading 🙂
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Or I need to do more. I’ll rely on you to keep me up on the important neighborhood gossip. 🙂
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I’ll try my hardest 🙂
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Great expectations hanging on you, Jim. Great expectations! AND, you only have about 15-20 years to do it in. I’ll be almost 90 in twenty years, and my family lineage doesn’t go any longer than that.
I’ll need a check off list to start! 🙂 LOL
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I like to over-promise and under-deliver 🙂
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You are so funny. You never undeliver on humor. That’s my bread and butter.
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my sense of humor has not advanced beyond third grade! 🙂
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Mine either!
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no wonder we follow each other’s blog!
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Yes, like – well sort of like minds. Yours is more cultured, of course. 🙂
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culture is not a word that has never been used to describe me!
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Until now. 🙂
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hmmm…. doubtful 🙂
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That is hilarious and we have similar remarks on our local Facebook groups. Teenagers can no longer cycle to school without wearing a cycle helmet without some person alerting all parents and dog walkers can upset dog haters and dog lovers alike.
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Hilarious post. I got a lot of laughs from this. The cheese on the windshield is my favorite, but they’re all funny.
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glad you enjoyed it. do you think they are real, or some neighbors just making stuff up?
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Maybe some are real, but some have to be made up. Nobody is that stupid. I hope.
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that’s always the hope…
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This is great – your neighbourhood sounds a bit more fun than mine, I’m inspired to start a cheese vandalism thread on ND over here. Seems like many of us bloggers are inspired by ND. Backlinking your post to mine, cool for Uk folks to see what USA ND is like.
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well those ND stories were from all over ND, not my neighborhood. that would be fun to see how ND is different from one country to the next…
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Ooh thanks for this. ND seems to be a site of inspiration for lots of bloggers. All inhuman life is here, indeed!
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you are welcome; there is likely an endless source of inspiration from ND… 🙂
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