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David Kaye wrote:
> Ah, this is even *more* the "American Dream" than owning a car.  It is
> somehow considered a "right" to own a home, and in many communities
> renters are actually looked down on as being shady.  Some people won't
> even buy a home in an area with a large number of renters because they
> believe that renters are poor neighbors.

I used to have renters on both sides of me, I'm an owner.  And, now I have
renters on just one side and the other side was just bought for 500G.  
Gawd.  Seems that the houses and duplexes in this 
area are slowly moving from rentals to owners. That, and I've seen
a large number of units occupied by grandmothers and aunts of owners
around here.  

Actually, all of the people living next door, renters and owners have been pretty
good.   That is mostly they leave me alone -- or we have friendly conversations.
And, we let each other do what we want with the property.  I used to
be lousy about my yard, when I was young and foolish, and hunched over the
terminal 70 hours a week -- but now, I'm middle-aged and wiser, and still
hunched over the terminal 70 hours a week.  But, at least I hire a gardener!

We got some hassle from an apartment across over a church from me, and next 
door to the rental triplex next door.  Apparently they were ragging on the 
guys in the triplex for running their washing machine at night -- which
seemed pretty silly.  I think they figured them for an easy mark, since
they were new in the country.  And, someone over at this big apartment building 
also came and bugged me about running my 'electric weedeater' -- trying 
to feed me some amateur attorney bs about how they were illegal. 

So, my experience so far has been that people  down here in the houses 
have been pretty sane, renters and owners.  But, I don't know -- something 
about being cramped in those big buildings with teensy little apartments
drivers people nuts, it seems.  I think they have some section 8 over 
there, maybe that's what's going on.  I imagine the skills they learn 
working the welfare state are applied mercilessly to the neighbors.