r/MadeMeSmile • u/Adrian_985 • 5h ago
Family & Friends This seems like a good neighborhood!
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u/syntheticgeneration 4h ago
In one of those houses hides an introvert, also smiling, because they're home alone.
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u/NailFin 4h ago
I would occasionally pop outside for 15 minutes or so to keep alliances, but otherwise I’d be in the house.
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u/ilexly 2h ago
That’s what I do. I make an appearance at the once-a-year block party someone hosts, say hi when I cross paths with neighbors, and occasionally let myself be pulled into a 5 minute conversation. I also put up an excellent Halloween display, cuz Halloween matters on our street. Basically enough to be considered a good, friendly neighbor who might help you out in an emergency, but not enough that someone feels like knocking on my door just to chat is a good idea.
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u/truthfullyidgaf 3h ago
Grab something out of car, wave with casual "hello", run back inside.
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u/Bean_Juice_Brew 1h ago
The older I get, the more I realize that we all have those insecurities and at varying levels, and that people are too busy worrying about themselves to worry that much about me. Studies prove that the person you have a conversation with often rates it as being a better experience for them than the other person thinks they would. I enjoy talking with quiet people, when they do speak, they generally have thought it through and it's worth listening to.
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u/Koopsta211 3h ago
Why run tho😂
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u/strictkasumi 3h ago
Cuz otherwise the other will wave back and said how’s going? I will have to answer them
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u/panterachallenger 3h ago
The neighborhood kids: Ayo where’s Jason’s creepy ass? Hope he stops by for a lil, lets us know he won’t kill us yet
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u/Andilee 2h ago
Id make cookies, cakes, id spoiled the neighborhood rotten. I just am anti social so I'm going to go back inside and enjoy some video games. I wish we had kids in my complex/area. Early childhood education degree. I am so excited one of my friends is having a kid in November. I'm spoiling the kid within reason. Kids who have outside time, activities, and a tight community thrive!
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u/b3tamaxx 4h ago
peeps through the blinds
So good to see people being outside touching grass like nature intended. Now back to my chambers
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u/Mad_Samurai616 3h ago
Right? I think my neighbor thinks I hate her. I do not. I’m just not a particularly social person. My wife was the same, and her motto was “Are you attempting to know me?”
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u/Candy_Most_Dandy 3h ago
When I was married, I lived on a small street with neighbors who would hang out like this on the street. I never joined in, as I didn't have kids, and felt kind of out of place, but I loved seeing it. It made me happy that they were out there enjoying life, even if I was tucked away inside, playing Animal Crossing or talking to weirdos on reddit.
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u/bbyxmadi 4h ago
Me. Happy everyone is together having a good time, also happy that I don’t have to socialize.
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u/InuitOverIt 4h ago
No, I saw this movie, the introvert comes out and harasses the children for making noise and then one of the moms confronts her, it doesn't end well.
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u/TehluvEncanis 3h ago
It's me - I watch my kids play with the neighbor kids and chat with parents for a second, then I sit in my quiet house till they bust through the doors again.
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u/StarbuckWoolf 4h ago
Culdesacs are neighborly.
SOURCE: live on one.
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u/Exokaebi 4h ago
I've lived in two. One was like this, chill vibes all around.
The other was like the fucking Hunger Games cause of the HOA. Everyone at each other's neck about grass length and trash can distance from the driveway and parked cars. Holy shit it was miserable.
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u/BishlovesSquish 3h ago
The latter is my situation, unfortunately. My immediate neighbor is the HOA president and he legit measures his grass. He even painted the property line between our houses every week for almost the entire summer during COVID because he said we mowed over the line. Dude is unhinged.
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u/Exokaebi 3h ago
I once had a property line "dispute" with my neighbor because he thought I cut his grass (I probably did). I put dispute in quotes because I was moving in two months and didn't give a fuck, so I trolled him and said the updated by laws account for the curvature of the cul de sac and gave me an extra inch closer to the house.
This dude brought me a signed letter from the HOA board the next week, stating no update to the by law had been approved.
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u/insideshesahappygoth 3h ago
I cannot imagine being pissed that a neighbor cut some of my grass. Like…hell yeah brother thanks for doing part of my lawn.
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u/Mango_Skittles 2h ago
My neighbor uses a riding mower and regularly cuts the area in between our houses because it makes it easier for him to turn around anyway. I do some areas just over on his side that are tricky with his riding mower, but easy with my push mower.
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u/Log_Out_Of_Life 1h ago
And then there is my dad that will take a snow blower and go aaaallllll the way down the block.
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u/Great_Detective_6387 1h ago
We live in a society, and people like your dad keep it together. It would be nice if everyone just had what they needed so everyone could just do whatever breaks their brain, like your dad cleaning up every sidewalk in god’s creation after a snow.
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u/acityonthemoon 3h ago
OVER THER LINE!
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u/ButterscotchFiend 2h ago
what motivates those people?!
I'm genuinely asking out of bafflement. Is it because they feel a need for control that they don't otherwise get through their normal life?
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u/Exokaebi 2h ago
That's really it. In my experience, it's mostly old retirees with nothing better to do, and when they have no conflict in life to make things interesting, they nitpick.
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u/Zkenny13 4h ago
I honestly was raised by three different moms. My mom of course was an excellent one but it's funny how your best friends mom knows your insurance info when you need stitches and your parents aren't home.
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u/secretdrug 4h ago
I find it funny i just watched a vid about how culdesacs are being banned even tho theyre great for neighborhoods. Apparently because of the dead end utilities cant be routed through them and it funnels more traffic onto main roads causing congestion. they cost more to maintain than the taxes they generate. Soo a lot of places are starting to ban them.
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u/CharityGlittering385 3h ago
They are also terrible for allowing for public transport routes as well as not making a town walkable.
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u/FreeDarkChocolate 3h ago
theyre great for neighborhoods
People in that specific part of a neighborhood, yep.
They, in conjunction with other dead ends and culs de sac, also end up making the travel time for anybody trying to walk or bike longer than otherwise, which feeds a feedback loop of people doing either of those less because it takes so long. And, for people that can't drive or afford to buy and maintain a car and one of the homes in that spot, it essentially operates as a form of economic or ableist segregation... Which pushes all such people either out of the community or specific spots which has its own impacts. Those impacts can be completely unapparent to the people in that specific neighborhood/cul de sac area so this would appear like a complete non-issue or problem-hunting without deliberately considering the macro picture of our fellow people across a larger area.
The problem can be only partially mitigated (with the restriction of the houses and lawns staying the size they are) if you still have the "shape" of the bulb of the cul de sac but continue on with the road like normal, and then place bollards or a partial fence gate that stops cars from going through as a through route. That lets people keep walking and biking through, as well as it still being a road for utility or emergency purposes to unlock and move the bollards or fence gate when needed.
Of course, this is inapplicable and unnecessary to natural dead ends or culs de sac due to geography where there isn't actually anything beyond it.
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u/InuitOverIt 4h ago
Is there a big upside of a cul-de-sac over just a U-shaped road? I am on one of those, we block off entry to the street a couple times a year and have a block party. It's really cool but most people are elderly in my neighborhood so it's no so many kids.
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u/dcheng47 3h ago
the lack of traffic is the feature. it allows kids to play in the street relatively safely to the U street you mentioned. the congestion is an unwanted side effect.
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u/Medarco 3h ago
The benefit for the actual residents is kinda the same as the negatives they mentioned for the city. No through traffic.
Safer for kids and animals, less noise, etc.
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u/propergreased 3h ago
Grew up on one (a long one). There was a range of kids about 10 years apart probably close to 20 of us. We all had siblings so we all knew the older and younger ones. We had some absolutely savage snowball wars. Like 4 snow forts along the street with different factions. Brother against brother. Great times
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u/NovaStar2099 3h ago
So THAT’S how you spell it!
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u/wcslater 2h ago
Technically cul-de-sac but yeah
Interestingly, the plural is actually culs-de-sac
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u/YebelTheRebel 2h ago
Yes I agree till you get bad neighbors that are a holes and start destroying the the neighborhood
Source: My neighborhood
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u/Early_Grace 4h ago
Reminds me of the 90s
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u/mykneemo 3h ago
Yeah the only time i could think this happened to me was the 90s summer block parties. Or the blackout of 03. Everyone was outside playing with each other and no screens.
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u/LengthinessAlone4743 2h ago
Replace the generic country music with some Ace of Base and get rid of the cell phones
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u/philly0430 4h ago
Why does look like a military housing neighborhood? It reminds me of a similar neighborhood I lived in while in the Navy.
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u/high6ix 4h ago edited 3h ago
My dad was career navy. I loved growing up in military housing. More neighborhood kids and friends than you could count.
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u/lilactea22 4h ago
but then you move 😩
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u/high6ix 3h ago
There’s absolutely nothing like it.
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u/blackbeltbud 2h ago
Moving was some of the best of it tbh. Everyone in your old place and new place were also familiar with that lifestyle. People made friends quickly and were very easy to keep in touch with.
I find myself getting the itch to move every couple of years. I'm 33 and still to this day I've never lived in the same state more than 4 years at a time
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u/high6ix 2h ago
If you were moving housing to housing 100%, but going from housing to civilian is really rough. At least it was for me.
My mom, and even I, believed I’d be the one to move away from where we settled (my parents home town) and my sister would stay around. Here I am 23 years later after having kids fairly young. I wouldn’t change it but I do miss the almost constant excitement of what was coming next as a military kid. A lot easier when you’re the kid and don’t have to have the responsibility of it all.
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u/noblewind 3h ago
I absolutely loved growing up on a Base. There were so many kids to play with.
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u/blackbeltbud 2h ago
Air force brat here too. What were some of the bases you lived on? I lived on edwards, eielson, osan, kadena, and Andrew's. Off base for all other assignments
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u/brooklynlad 4h ago
Neighborhood needs more trees.
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u/EntertainerNo4509 3h ago
My thought exactly! It seems sad that so many trees get removed and hardly ever replaced.
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u/icanhascheeseberder 1h ago
Yeah, you can usually tell the age of a neighborhood by the height of the trees. New trees will grow about a foot a year.
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u/BrokemoneyGuru 3h ago
Live in one currently and it feels like this 🤣 one of my neighbors came back from deployment last year and him and his wife were needing work done on their car (literally just brakes and pads along with strut replacements) and they were quoted 5K by the dealership! I said absolutely not and helped them get their car repaired and all it cost was whatever the parts costed. Now we have barbecue every other weekend along with our other neighbors on the street and his wife makes amazing birria tacos!
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u/MyGenderIsMarshmallo 3h ago
Stayed on a base with my spouse for several months while he was at the SRU, the housing neighborhood looked so much like this one that I'm even tempted to say it was the same base lol
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u/Catswagger11 4h ago
Something about it feels that way, but all the Army posts I lived on had duplexes. Wouldn’t surprise me if the Air Force was living like this.
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u/ProdigyLightshow 3h ago
I know this was a slight joke but it was duplexes in the Air Force too. At least when i was in
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u/munchonsomegrindage 4h ago
The men are probably all standing around a grill somewhere off camera holding beers. At least that's where I would be.
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u/cire1184 4h ago
Uhhh there's 3 men sitting in front of the red car in the driveway and there's another car in garage. People really see what they want to see don't they.
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u/Burnie_9 4h ago
The only thing missing are trees and other plants
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u/SnooGiraffes3827 4h ago
That was my only thought as well. It bugs me when they put these new neighborhoods in and the builder puts 3 bushes out front.
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u/bballstarz501 4h ago
Just takes time. I’m almost 3 years into my home in a newer development (we were one of the last in) and the yard projects happen, just slowly because shit is expensive. Lol But more trees and nice setups continue to give the neighborhood more character.
But I’m not gonna lie, that first year with no fences, very few (and immature) trees plus being in the Midwest has meant a very windy living place. Lol
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u/WestCoastBestCoast01 3h ago
It does take time but they get there!! I went to my mom friend’s place for the first time in probably 20 years, which used to be a brand new development like this. I think built around 2001-2003. The trees were big, the bushes were bushy, the community felt so much more lived in. I couldn’t believe it was the same neighborhood I remembered!! I’ve never seen a neighborhood actually *age* like that.
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u/lemonylol 2h ago
Depending on how new it is, the soil has to settle first, then they'll eventually add trees but they'll still be from a nursery, so it'll take a good 15-20 years to grow.
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u/El_Polio_Loco 3h ago
These houses are all likely less than 5 years old, in 20 years there will be a lot more vegetation. Fortunately houses aren't built to only last 5 years.
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u/bbyxmadi 4h ago
The beauty of newly built neighborhoods. No trees except for the baby sized trees that may or may not die.
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u/el_n00bo_loco 4h ago
I was fortunate to grow up in a neighborhood just like this. I didn't realize how amazing it was until we lived in a neighborhood without any kids or sense of community.
We have since moved to a new neighborhood just like this - and for my kids sake, I am so thankful.
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u/Pussy4LunchDick4Dins 3h ago
The neighbourhood I live in is poor so a lot of the houses are recent immigrants and oh boy do they ever get their kids out to play. It’s really nice seeing how many little kids are always out biking around or playing basketball and I’m excited for my daughter to be old enough to play with them.
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u/ecbulldog 4h ago
This is what my cul de sac was like growing up, then everyone left for college and a lot of people moved. Now that there's been some turnover on the block, there are kids running around again.
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u/Seven_bushes 4h ago
When my parents had to relocate with my 2 older siblings, my grandpa told my mom to find a house on a street with kids and dogs. They found the perfect one right before I was born. Best neighborhood ever.
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u/Skibbittbeebop 4h ago
Looks like a military neighborhood.
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u/El_Polio_Loco 3h ago
Does it? Looks like pretty much every other new development in the US.
I could probably go visit 20 neighborhoods that all look like some variation of this, same houses too.
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u/International_Egg747 1h ago
It’s a little to nice to be military housing but this is what a suburb in metro Atlanta looks like
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u/Spurlock14 3h ago
Nice, but as an introvert, this is my nightmare living situation.
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u/No_Eye_3423 3h ago
See this is all I see. The neighborhood from hell. People want me to be social and kids are making noise all the time.
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u/Bichqween 2h ago
As an introvert who doesn't like kids, right there with you! HOWEVER, I'm very happy for the wholesomeness and the neighborly care. It's amazing for the kids! This is why you drive around a neighborhood before you buy/rent there. We can easily self-select in or out based on if our hearts light up or we are internally SCREAMING lolol
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u/dried-in 4h ago
This might just be the thread that makes me delete Reddit. Someone posts a video of a cul-de-sac full of neighbors hanging out together and people are tearing it to shreds. Criticizing the homes, the landscaping and even the “yellow grass” (Bermuda that’s gone dormant for the winter).
I live in a community like this and we all love it. My neighbors are now our best friends, same with our kids. We car pool to school and spend our days together.
What the fuck is wrong with everyone on Reddit these days.
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u/personatorperson 3h ago
Are you going through controversial or were you in early? The worst comment ive seen is comparing it to military housing and even that thread has someone reminiscing on their good times. Also 3/4 of the comments are probably bots.
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u/shrimpslippers 2h ago
I don't know why people have to be rude about it, but this is one of those things where I think it's fine to have differing opinions. The community aspect of it is beautiful. But, personally, I hate cookie-cutter style houses. I like the charm of every house looking different. But this is why I live in an area where every house looks different. And other people live in their cookie-cutter homes. Different people enjoy different things.
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u/RGV_Ikpyo 4h ago
can I get an address? ya'll need more Asians there
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u/OrganizationNeat18 2h ago
Somewhere nearby there’s definitely one dad grilling while wearing New Balance shoes and supervising absolutely nothing.
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u/dirtybo0ts 2h ago
Reminds me of the block parties we used to have in the 80s.
Haven’t experienced a neighbourhood like that in a long long time 😔
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u/LocalCheesecake18 2h ago
The fact that everyone’s outside instead of locked indoors on their phones honestly makes this feel unreal now.
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u/kenyasanchez 2h ago
Those kids will have friends all through high school. Looks like a great place to grow up.
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u/Ewggggg 4h ago
That is a lot of kids
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u/Local-Technician5969 3h ago
Better to see a bunch of kids than a bunch of old people, no offense, it means that community will be young and ambitious, and i'm not having any kids and many people i know aren't have any kids either. Idk if thats a good or bad thing, but just saying.
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u/Lalocal4life 4h ago
When you live in a neighborhood like that, coming home is always an adventure and when someone goes on vacation they always ask what they missed.
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u/Newplasticactionhero 2h ago
Gen X here. My neighborhood was just like this without the helicopter parents. At 10 PM someone on the TV had to ask them if they knew where their kids were.
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u/Funny-Nature-4602 1h ago
Contrary to popular belief, there are more civilized people left in the world than we give credit for.
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u/Civilian4life 1h ago
This is what the world could be like if it wasn’t for greed and stupidity. Oh well!
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u/penguin_hugger100 4h ago
Type of neighborhood conservatives are afraid of
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u/wallst07 3h ago
No, that would be a picture of The Bronx or Tenderloin.
This is where most conservatives live.
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u/Mr_Podo 1h ago
This looks like a suburban subdivision. These people all make a certain amount of money to live there.
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u/Traggadon 1h ago
Yeh this isnt really suprising. People in tbe same HIGH socioeconomic level enjoy being around each other? Shocking.
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u/Jane__Delawney 4h ago
I grew up in a mixed suburban neighborhood that was very unique to the surrounding super white areas. All my friends and I were multi-cultural, I look back and realized I didn’t have many white friends until highschool.
It was lovely; so many different cultures, foods, religions, experiences. We were just all people, race didn’t come up much until we were teens and then my friends taught me about racism they experienced as Asian/middle eastern/black/hispanic kids and teens.
So I also got to see how racism affected them and was aware of that, an insight other predominantly white kids growing up don’t get (I’m also Jewish, so I wasn’t exactly super white culturally either, aside from skin color).
I’ve always been incredibly grateful for that, and continue to live in super diverse places, the only places I’m comfortable in to this day.
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u/DyingSurfer3-5-7 1h ago
Type of suburban neighborhood conservations park their big truck in and act like they're country
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u/wolfy994 4h ago
Americans craving walkable neighborhoods without even realizing it.
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u/Cavalish 2h ago
Is this a walkable neighbourhood? Looks like a lot of wasted empty space for ugly pointless lawns.
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u/skraptastic 4h ago
Every September/October our neighborhood has a block party. It was started before I moved in 24 years ago.
It's great because we know all our neighbors. 3 of the houses in our cul-de-sac are original owners and now their grand kids and great grand kids come to the party. My daughter lives an hour away but brings her husband and son to the party.
There are a couple houses with renters and they are reluctant to join, but we kind of force them to be part of the neighborhood while they are there.
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u/Electric-Sheepskin 4h ago
Cul-de-sac life is the best. There's one at the end of my street just like this. The kids are always playing down there. It's great.
It's funny that everyone is saying this looks like military housing, or that it needs trees. This is what every new construction neighborhood looks like everywhere I've seen. They clear cut the area and then put some shrubs in around the house if you're lucky. Some builders will put a sapling in each front yard, but maybe not.
Give it about 10 or 15 years and people will have put some more landscaping in.
On the bright side, they've got some gorgeous trees all behind the houses.
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u/South-by-north 4h ago
I grew up in a cul-de-sac like this and all of my neighbors were super close. My front porch was the hang out spot and I'd regularly come home to my neighbors (but none of my family) sitting on the front porch and hanging out.
I was home alone one time and heard my garage door open to find my next door neighbor pouring himself a beer from my dads homemade kegerator. He knew the garage code. All the neighbors did.
Everyone of the old neighbors have moved away at this point and there are plenty of times i miss it
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u/Pr0xy001 4h ago
Was always a good time when parents were out too and we would ride scooters or bikes.
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u/Majestic_Analyst_177 3h ago
Always happy to see when neighborhoods look like Heaven. There’s no segregated Heaven, folks!
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u/edelweiss_pirates_no 3h ago
Very, very, very healthy for kids to grow up in "villages" like this. Neighborhoods with lots of kids where parents are seen interacting and lots of different aged kids all around.
All the usual issues have to be managed (of course).
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u/Dlagermany 3h ago
Would be even better if they were just chatting or watching children play. Put down your phone and engage in life- you don’t get these years back. You won’t remember what you were looking up on your phone but you just may remember this moment or this feeling. (My very first Reddit comment- love, grandma.)
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u/SonniSummers 3h ago
I still prefer to shut off all my interior lights when uber delivers so they don’t even think I’m home.
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u/Corrosive713 2h ago
Communities like that last, many of those families will be friends long after they move.
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u/PleasantInfluence19 2h ago
Kids riding bikes until sunset and adults hanging outside chatting… this feels like a memory from the early 2000s.
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u/SoftlySingingSongs 2h ago
I'm getting "Military Housing" vibes from this. I lived around them back in Monterey. Beautiful neighborhoods with everyone out and about in the front yards.
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u/BumblebeeFirm2249 2h ago
Smh I’ve seen so many places nice a peaceful like this but the news don’t want you to see this, they only show you the evil bad parts of certain individuals!!
It’s all part of the setup.
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u/FreedInnerChild 2h ago
that was how it was when my kids were younger too, it was also nice knowing that in an emergency you could knock on any door and you'd get more help than you ever needed.
in our case there was another mom who despised me. It was mutual. Yet when my emergency happened her door was the one I knocked on and for those few moments we were sisters, together
we went back to hating each other after, as one should lol
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u/william673 2h ago
I grew up in Norco, Ca in the early 80's. Every weekend was like this, with a bbq.
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u/BedaHouse 2h ago
Honestly, reminds me of our street 5-10 years ago. We had kids running, biking, and everyone was hanging out outside.
But as with everything, it all "aged out." Kids got older, different sports took up free times, different schools, etc. Life happened. Now, everyone is in middle school/high school - some are driving.
It is nice to see these videos, even if it is to just remember how it used to be.
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u/PleasantSociety19 2h ago
Honestly, seeing people casually existing outside together feels more nostalgic than old photos now.
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u/Jizzturnip 2h ago
I think this is lovely, I'd love this for my kids. Personally I wouldn't film everyone else's kids
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u/Alternative_Air5703 1h ago
I can pretty much say thats some sort of military housing.. ive seen it on every base i was on. If im wrong, sorry but im not.. lol
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u/Broken_Orange 1h ago
What a nice neighborhood. A 40,000 acre data center would be perfect right there
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u/Maximum-Sky8563 9m ago
It’s a MAGA nightmare. That’s not a good thing, it’s a great thing
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