Is there a warning you might you give to anyone considering moving into your neighbourhood.
It could be something minor such as a litter problem or stray dogs.
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Wandering deer that eat the plants and flowers. We’ve seen five at one time.
Sometimes there are coyotes running around.
Warning—you’ll love it here so much, you’ll never want to move.
We’re located a few, convenient blocks from a major highway, yet this enclave is wooded and quiet. There’s plenty of nearby shopping and restaurants. We’re just a few miles from MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL teams, along with theatres and museums. The neighbors are terrific, including some rabbits, foxes, and deer that seem very comfortable around human beings.
The woods bordering the greenway, park, and also one side of the neighborhood are full of homeless people. You would never think that this would be a problem here but it is. If your house borders those woods they’ll sneak into your backyard to use your garden hose.
All of those missing cats that are never found are being eaten by coyotes.
There are so many squirrels that you will never be able to keep a proper landscape. This is why so many of us have switched to hardscapes.
The house you just paid half a million for was only 180k a few years ago.
This area is very quiet. But, on opening day of waterfowl season, there will be the sound of many gunshots from the neighboring wildlife management area. Do not panic.
We do not have sewers. That means you will need to maintain your septic tank regularly.
I love where I live. My only complaint is the disturbing number of bears, Nazis, and Republicans.
@filmfann “Lions and tigers and bears, Nazis and Republicans, Lions and tigers and bears, Nazis and Republicans.” It has a certain ring to it.
Keep your cat inside. The coyotes will get it. You’ll need a good fence around your vegetable garden an flowers. About the only thing that the deer won’t eat is rhododendrons and bamboo.
We have lots of coyotes, too, for a very suburban, right-by-the-freeway neighborhood.
1. The sign at the top of the neighborhood says “No Outlet” (it’s a cul-de-sac) – Believe what you read.
2. There’s a fire station about ¾ mile away. You WILL hear sirens at all times, day or night.
“Watch out for moving trucks”. People move in and our of here a lot.
Mu neighborhood is rapidly turning over to becoming a summer neighborhood for rich city families. It is disturbing.
@canidmajor Coyotes aren’t an issue here in Georgia.
However, we do have the occasional rattlesnake or copperhead slithering through the neighborhood, and a nearby subdivision (closer to the Chattahoochee) had a couple of black bear cub sightings.
@elbanditoroso Ha! We usually have at one school lockdown every spring because of crabby adolescent black bears being hungry, occasionally they trash a playground. :-)
“Must love children and dogs.”
Which is funny because when my daughter was young, she was the only kid on our street and ours was maybe one of two dogs.
In the last ten years though, we’ve gained about ten kids and a dozen dogs.
In Red Deer the streets and avenues are reversed.
Beware of all of the one way streets.
You will hear a lot of mysterious explosions several times a month. Apparently someone enjoys blowing up pipe bombs.
If you drive like you’re used to, you will hit a deer at some point.
Get a Subaru.
Political corruption is known as “small town values” here. It’s a kind of combination between nepotism, tribalism, and being dumb as fuck.
Too much construction going on around us with no consideration for traffic patterns. My little neighborhood is suddenly becoming a major thoroughfare. And many of those using it are assholes.
Don’t walk small dogs or toddlers near the edge of any body of water. That goes for all of Florida except the ocean, not just where I live. Alligators are in those lakes.
Protect your skin from the sun and get your vitamin D checked.
The restaurants are mostly mediocre.
January through March the population increases about 30% (guesstimating) and road traffic, stores, restaurants, and recreation activities are often packed. Try to go off hours if possible.
Otherwise, where I live is fantastic. Fun every day.
@Jeruba In Red Deer the avenues are East to West, and the streets are South to North. In Edmonton the avenues are South to North, and the streets are East to West.
@RedDeerGuy1, oh, I see. You’re referring to the street names and not the streets themselves.
@Jeruba I don’t know. I’m not sure.
I don’t know how much it would cost the city to standardize across the province.
Don’t feed the neighborhood cats. Most are not strays, just neighbor cats that like to eat extra and you will find it will attract raccoons and skunks, and once they get use to being served meal they will keep coming and they can be nasty. We had a neighbor who kept feeding them and the neighbor next to them hated them. At least several times a week the neighborhood smell like skunk and after they moved the raccoons started tearing into neighborhood trash looking for food. The new owners were not happy either.
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