Our house had a big star up above the front door when we bought it. Neither of us were fond of it, so it came down. (Reminded this 49er fan too much of the Cowboys logo.) It did fill an otherwise empty space. It’s where we put a big wreath around Christmas time. We may find something more interesting and personal to put where it used to be.
I’m sorry that shithead neighbors have spoiled that neighborhood for you, Biggirl.
I also use Zillow and Trulia to virtually window shop for homes, but always follow up with looking at the home in Google street view. Last year, we went one step further and drove around likely neighborhoods while on vacation in a state that interested us. Like you we saw a lot to dissuade us. One neighborhood had “Trump 2024” banners at about every fourth house. We wouldn’t have known that just by looking at Zillow.
And Google street view will also show you if the next-door neighbors are slobs, or at least if they were at the time the street photos were taken. You can also check out the street behind the street of your house of interest and see if there’s anything amiss there. And Google satellite view will do a good job of showing the location of the nearest railroad tracks or elementary school.
The neighborhood I’m thinking of is Tremont, well away from the old Euclid Beach site. If Euclid stars have any meaning, I don’t know what it is.
I was thinking of starting this thread myself. Lots of houses in my area have them. I thought, considering this is AZ, that they were all Dallas Cowboys fans.
Our neighbors just got one, and we asked: they said they just liked how it looked. They’re not secret society nutjob people…
Betcha didn’t know that stars on houses mean the residents are…swingers!
And if you question the occupants, they’ll eventually admit they once watched Yosemite Sam cartoons.
Be very afraid.
On the other hand, western PA outside of the Pittsburgh metro area has never struck me as a very welcoming area in general when I passed through. Maybe it was paranoia, but at times I felt like I was being regarded as an undesirable alien.
Some of the really old houses here in Philly have metal stars dating back to the founding of the country. If they mean anything, I’ve never heard it.
Heh, we have a star on our home. I bought it from an Amish dude who makes them from repurposed 55 gallon drums. Absolutely no racial meaning., it’s purely decorative.
If you are looking anywhere around the Apollo/Leechburg/Vandergrift/Kittanning area and would like some help and/or insider information, please message me.
In the dark recesses of my brain, I have a memory of being told that those stars were actually functional at one point. Metal rods were installed in houses from wall to wall as structural reinforcement, and the stars were like giant washers on the outside of the walls where the rods came thru. I don’t know if someone was feeding me a line of bull or if I dreamed that I was told that. I’m not sure where I’d go to verify…
Years ago, in Boston, I lived as a caretaker in a house built in 1661. I was told the same thing.
Thou art correct, good sister. They keep brick walls from falling outward.
Some wordz
Yeah, a lot of them even have the state name somewhere on there, are painted with a Texas flag motiv, o or have the letters of Texas between the points.
That Confederate flag would be a huge deal-breaker. (Saying that as a lily-white chick.)
I lived in Western PA (Erie) from birth (1969) to about 1980 and don’t recall any of those stars. Either they didn’t do that there, or I simply never noticed them, which is very possible.
I used to joke with my wife about that as far back as 2014. It was just an offhand comment while we were walking through the neighborhood at our last house (2014-2018). I wonder where that little seed in my brain came from?