They are finally building ‘phase 4’ of our development and there are houses going up right behind my house and my neighbors’ homes. There are a few two story ones that will (when completed) look directly over into our yards. I have climbed up on my fence and looked over into what will be their backyards and all I have to say is this:
NEENER NEENER NEENER! MY YARD IS BIGGER THAN YOUR YARD!
Seriously, compared to some of the yards in ‘phase 3’ (where we live) the yards in ‘phase 4’ are teeny little postage stamps. Whoever moves into the new houses are gonna look out, see our big ass yards and kick themselves. I love it.
Um, IDBB, do you by chance live behind me? And, if so, would you be willing to chat about possibly being willing to sell me a little land?
(I live in a 2-story house with a small back yard. It backs up to a giant lot with a teensy-weensy little house on it. We plan to have the aforementioned chat with the owner of that house as soon as we have enough money saved to do it if he says yes.)
Can I, then, laugh at you? I have several acres in the Blue Ridge with the nearest neighbor being at least 1/4 mile away.
I suppose I just don’t see where you’re coming from. Maybe they like it that way. Maybe it’s random. In any event, it’s not worth mocking someone about.
You’re rejoicing because you have more grass to cut?
I decided a while ago the ideal situation for me would be a large chunk of property…having my nearest neighbor 1/4 mile away sounds about right…and a small yard, so it is easy to take care of.
Lagomorph–why yes…yes I am. I love having a huge backyard. More room for the garden and the deck and the cutesie shit I wanna put in my yard (like that giant Dumbo car I wanna buy to use as a planter…heh heh heh).
I can’t wait till the people who move in behind my friend Joyce (three doors down) look out and see her monster yard. Her yard is bigger than mine because she has an odd shaped lot and I have much envy for her yard.
Well, to each his own. The Dumbo thing would be cool, I agree.
I guess I just have an “anti-lawn” bias. My next house, if I ever get one, is going to have more natural landscaping to attract birds and other wildlife, and little to no lawn.
Oh, and some friendly advice: however happy you are it probably isn’t the best idea to actually say “Neener! Neener!” to your neighbors.
I really don’t get this whole “I have more of this than you, so, neener, neener. And she has more of that than me, so I’m jealous” attitude. It’s not just the OP, it’s a lot of people I’ve met. To me, personally, this is the road to discontentment. I read a quote once, don’t remember where that said “If you always want what you have, you’ll always have what you want”. For me, words to live by!
I’m not exactly overly jealous of Joyce’s yard, although I do like her giant yard quite a bit. She’s put in a bunch of little apple and pear trees and quite a few rose bushes.
I love my yard and will love it even more next Spring when my garden is in full swing.
I just think that it’s funny that their yards are not even 1/3 the size of mine and they can look over at mine and groan about how we, the childless ones, have such a huge yard that would be PERFECT for kids to play baseball and such in while they, with their requisite two point three kids have a yard you can’t even put a picnic table in because it’s so small.
I’m with Gassendi, if in the near future I do get anything it will be a condo. The last thing I want is a yard, even one the size of a postage stamp. But if that’s what gets your goat, then go for it.
Its very nice. Very little mowing. Very little landscape. Sprinkler system was relatively inexpensive.
We have a small deck - which we don’t use, and a small patio - which we don’t use. And some flower beds, which I’d rather not weed.
Cul de sac neighborhood - which means our yard connects to the neighbors, and the kids all share back yards. Which is great for kid purposes, because the neighbors have enough yard (that I don’t have to mow) for the kids to play in.
