How well, if at all, do you know your neighbours?

Psy-Fi · 12-30-2013, 04:06 PM

How well do any of us really know our neighbors? Including those we think we know fairly well? As a case in point, a few years ago a man and his wife, both in their 50's with no kids, moved into a house at the end of the street I live on. They seemed reasonably friendly, would say hello, make small talk but kept to themselves mostly. Nothing appeared out of the ordinary, they just seemed to be a busy, working couple in a neighborhood with a lot of similar couples.
About a year or so after they moved into the neighborhood, I was reading my morning paper and saw an article about an F.B.I. raid on a home in my town, leading to the arrest of a high-ranking member of an organized criminal gang. Needless to say, my interest was piqued and as I continued reading, I realized that the home the F.B.I. raided, was the home of my new neighbor and he was the one they arrested!
Apparently, he was the head of the illegal gambling operations for the gang and wound up being charged with money laundering and tax evasion (among other charges.)
Neither he nor his wife were ever seen in the neighborhood again.
The house they lived in remained empty for several months after the raid and eventually was put up for sale and sold to a family with children.

WWWP · 12-30-2013, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

How well do any of us really know our neighbors? Including those we think we know fairly well? As a case in point, a few years ago a man and his wife, both in their 50's with no kids, moved into a house at the end of the street I live on. They seemed reasonably friendly, would say hello, make small talk but kept to themselves mostly. Nothing appeared out of the ordinary, they just seemed to be a busy, working couple in a neighborhood with a lot of similar couples.
About a year or so after they moved into the neighborhood, I was reading my morning paper and saw an article about an F.B.I. raid on a home in my town, leading to the arrest of a high-ranking member of an organized criminal gang. Needless to say, my interest was piqued and as I continued reading, I realized that the home the F.B.I. raided, was the home of my new neighbor and he was the one they arrested!
Apparently, he was the head of the illegal gambling operations for the gang and wound up being charged with money laundering and tax evasion (among other charges.)
Neither he nor his wife were ever seen in the neighborhood again.
The house they lived in remained empty for several months after the raid and eventually was put up for sale and sold to a family with children.

Always suspect the ones who keep to themselves.

Psy-Fi · 12-30-2013, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Junkyard Donner

Always suspect the ones who keep to themselves.

I'd better keep an eye on myself, then!

djchameleon · 12-30-2013, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Junkyard Donner

Always suspect the ones who keep to themselves.

My neighbors believe that about me actually because I don't chill outside like porch monkies during the summer.

Jukeboxfin · 12-30-2013, 07:14 PM

I guess mine are okay.

DarkSkies · 12-30-2013, 07:39 PM

I came home this afternoon and the neighbors kid had their four wheeler stuck in my flower bed.

Happy holidays.

ladyislingering · 12-30-2013, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkSkies

I came home this afternoon and the neighbors kid had their four wheeler stuck in my flower bed.

Happy holidays.

Oh, how nice. Let me guess, mom and dad were nowhere in sight?

Cheese · 12-30-2013, 07:53 PM

I have to say if was to see my neighbours getting brutally murdered i'd wait a few hours before calling the cops

ladyislingering · 12-30-2013, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Cheese

I have to say if was to see my neighbours getting brutally murdered i'd wait a few hours before calling the cops

Same. I'd probably let the body rot until I couldn't take the stench anymore.

Cheese · 12-30-2013, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ladyislingering

Same. I'd probably let the body rot until I couldn't take the stench anymore.

lol. i'm making the most of the peace and quiet at the moment........all the neighbours are away

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Jukeboxfin Groupie Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Kingston Posts: 14	I guess mine are okay.

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DarkSkies Groupie Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Tennessee Posts: 21	I came home this afternoon and the neighbors kid had their four wheeler stuck in my flower bed. Happy holidays.

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Cheese Shadow on the wall Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 823	I have to say if was to see my neighbours getting brutally murdered i'd wait a few hours before calling the cops