I've been reading most of the "I Hate My Neighbor" posts and they are very depressing. We are leaving our neighborhood where we have been living for 10 years. It was a new development at the time--a subdivision. Most of the people who moved in were the same age, about mid thirties. Most of the people had no children. We had block parties, shared coffee, had barbeques, and so on. Then they had children, aproximately 4 to 5 per household. We have none. Within the 5 houses in front of us and to our sides, there are about 30 kids. This isn't the problem though. The parents all of a sudden can't stand us. We are quiet, keep to ourselves now because we realize we don't fit in, have a pool, dine on the deck with candle light and some quiet, soft jazz or classical. We don't know what happened in this neighborhood. It is filled with toys and trash in their backyards, campers and trailers adorn the driveways and frontyards.

Now, we are moving into a upper scale unneighborhood, if you will. During our home inspection, we were looking at our property lines, and two German shepards started charging us--they were loose, and the owner called them. When we looked over there, we saw a pen, and were thinking, "Great, now were going to have barking dog problems, dogs in our yard while were trying to garden, or play ball with our young nephews and our little dog.

We just don't know what to do. It seems like everywhere one goes, there are assholes around. Even if we were to buy 20 acres of land and build, we would still have assholes who would hunt and tresspass on our property. People SUCK.