Citizens post surprisingly detailed descriptions of the miscreants, along with intense speculation about what part of the north they come from (for some reason Stockton-on-Tees is regarded as a primary source of “dangerous knockers”).
#Neighbor from hell full#
The app is full of stories about scammers with regional accents who knock on doors, spinning sob stories about being ex-military or ex-convicts, offering to sell cleaning products and the like, and who then turn nasty if you refuse to help them out. The most frequently mentioned threats come from what Shakespeare would have called “sturdy beggars”. They also love to complain about the other great “them” – dangerous outsiders. Why didn’t “they” consult us about all this? The jacuzzi is too small so people must wait around for their turn. There aren’t enough hoists for the disabled or overweight.
#Neighbor from hell windows#
The windows are so big that peeping Toms gather to watch women while they’re swimming. The council in a nearby village has built a spanking new sports centre with a gym, swimming pool and jacuzzi, but the frequenters of Nextdoor aren’t happy. My neighbours have an off-putting propensity to complain about the great “them”, in the form of local government. Nextdoor also has a darker side amid this jollity. The list of things available – “free to a good home” – include a kitchen bin with its handle missing, a pile of paving slabs, a heavily used barbecue (stomach-turning picture provided) and several bags of rubble. A long electronic queue forms immediately.
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A third says that she has half a dozen “slightly soiled” zip-lock bags, if anyone wants them. Another wants to borrow a sewing machine so that she can make “three little curtains” for her chicken coop. One woman advertises for “a man to do some heavy humping”. I had always thought that villages were havens in a heartless world Does anyone know if foxes urinate in the same way that dogs do? We caught one on our garden camera “peeing in the hedgehog food bowl”. Has anyone lost a pet ferret? We saw one outside the pub last night but it escaped while we were trying to trap it in a box. The bonhomie is shot through with a very British eccentricity. No sooner does a buyer advertise for a gardener or window cleaner than a willing seller comes along. The milk of human kindness is thickened by the magic of the market.
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When not looking after animals, my neighbours busy themselves looking after each other – doing shopping, gardening and heavy lifting for people who are too old or infirm to do it themselves. Ducks are apparently the most monogamous of creatures.
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A particularly touching post asks if anyone has a spare female duck to hand: we hatched a pair of ducks last year, the writer informs us, but the female has died, leaving the male utterly bereft and wandering the garden looking for her. Dogs are the neighbourhood’s top concern, followed by cats and horses, but more exotic creatures also get a look in, including injured birds, unhappy hedgehogs and dumpy pigeons. The two recurring themes are animals and philanthropy. The first impression of Nextdoor is delightful. I had always thought that villages were havens in a heartless world – places where the old virtues of trust and forgiveness flourished. But I have nevertheless been forced to re-examine a few of my more optimistic assumptions (and there weren’t many of those in the first place). I haven’t noticed any murders or dismemberment. I have also entertained myself in lockdown by watching my neighbours go about their business – less with binoculars than by using a smartphone app called Nextdoor which, according to the bumf, does for neighbours what Facebook does for friends (“hyperlocal social networking”).