# I hope my neighbors get eaten by wolverines **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 10, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-my-neighbors-get-eaten-by-wolverines/652523 "2013-03-10T03:08:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-my-neighbors-get-eaten-by-wolverines/652523/21 "2013-03-11T17:26:50Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > I hate them all and I hope horrible things happen to all of them and all of their mothers for raising such shitty, shitty people. Sorry you have to face all this. It sucks. But … blame the fathers, too, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-my-neighbors-get-eaten-by-wolverines/652523/22 "2013-03-11T17:55:07Z")
I’m confused about why you hide in your bedroom. Did I misunderstand that part? ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-my-neighbors-get-eaten-by-wolverines/652523/23 "2013-03-11T17:59:26Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > I’m confused about why you hide in your bedroom. Did I misunderstand that part? Because you can’t hear the loud music in there. Second paragraph of the OP. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-my-neighbors-get-eaten-by-wolverines/652523/24 "2013-03-11T18:07:37Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > I feel your pain. > > My next door neighbor is in love with her leaf blower. Every single time she thinks the neighborhood kids are being too noisy she runs the fucking thing. At one point she ran it for over four hours last summer. She let the thing just sit in her yard for over an hour. I swear the day she finally does the right thing and moves to a retirement home, we’ll all throw a huge party and not invite her. Wow, that is pretty damn bad too. Has anyone ever called the police to report her for a noise violation? > [@Spiff](#): > > Sorry you have to face all this. It sucks. > > But … blame the fathers, too, eh? True enough! Their fathers can also be eaten by wolverines and that would be fine by me. > [@](#): > > I’m confused about why you hide in your bedroom. Did I misunderstand that part? You can’t hear the music in there and the pot smell doesn’t really travel into the bedrooms either. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-my-neighbors-get-eaten-by-wolverines/652523/25 "2013-03-11T18:28:09Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > Wow, that is pretty damn bad too. Has anyone ever called the police to report her for a noise violation? Multiple times. The police have basically told us to fuck off. :rolleyes: I couldn’t take her being an asshole a few months ago over it. After listening to her go at over an hour on her fucking pocket sized front yard because my ten year old daughter was playing with a few friends last October, I dumped some leaves in her front yard. The bitch called the police on me and I was nearly arrested over it. This is a small town and I am going to lobby the mayor to legislate that you can’t run a leaf blower for more than ten minutes. Where are you moving to? You can get a halfway decent house in Staten Islandor large parts of NJ for under $500k in a quiet family friendly neighborhood. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-my-neighbors-get-eaten-by-wolverines/652523/26 "2013-03-11T18:37:04Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > Where are you moving to? You can get a halfway decent house in Staten Islandor large parts of NJ for under $500k in a quiet family friendly neighborhood. We are moving to a suburb west of Boston. We have looked in the surrounding area of NYC and after much research have decided it really isn’t for us any longer. We want to stay close to NYC so we can visit regularly but we will be much happier a few hours north of here. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-my-neighbors-get-eaten-by-wolverines/652523/27 "2013-03-11T18:42:22Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Because you can’t hear the loud music in there. Second paragraph of the OP. Yeah, I saw that, but (s)he mentioned hiding out in there right after the part about his (her?) neighbors smoking weed. I misunderstood for a minute. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-my-neighbors-get-eaten-by-wolverines/652523/28 "2013-03-11T18:48:01Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > It wouldn’t be so bad if they didn’t insist on smoking the cheapest, nastiest shit they can find. I swear it smells like they are lighting skunks on fire in the hallway. > > I hate them. I hate them all and I hope horrible things happen to all of them and all of their mothers for raising such shitty, shitty people. Actually, the weed that smells like skunk is the good stuff. At least that’s what I’m told. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-my-neighbors-get-eaten-by-wolverines/652523/29 "2013-03-11T18:52:32Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > We are moving to a suburb west of Boston. We have looked in the surrounding area of NYC and after much research have decided it really isn’t for us any longer. We want to stay close to NYC so we can visit regularly but we will be much happier a few hours north of here. I totally understand. Properly taxes on my house have climbed from $3600 a decade ago to over 6k this year. I would leave NJ if I could but my husband works in NYC. Still it is nice to be able to plan a day with my kids with a morning at the Met and the afternoon strolling down Fifth Avenue on Christmas Eve. How are property taxes in Boston? We were there last summer for a few days and then to Cape Cod for a week. A very nice city. My kids happily spent the entire day in the science museum. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-my-neighbors-get-eaten-by-wolverines/652523/30 "2013-03-11T21:52:53Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > I totally understand. Properly taxes on my house have climbed from $3600 a decade ago to over 6k this year. I would leave NJ if I could but my husband works in NYC. Still it is nice to be able to plan a day with my kids with a morning at the Met and the afternoon strolling down Fifth Avenue on Christmas Eve. > > How are property taxes in Boston? We were there last summer for a few days and then to Cape Cod for a week. A very nice city. My kids happily spent the entire day in the science museum. Have people forgotten Connecticut? There is this spiffy train thingy that runs up and down the coast all the way from New London right into New York!!! Imagine that!!! We have lovely beaches, state parks, lots and lots of lovely communities that aren’t Bridgeport or New Haven. And you know, there are many communities that you can get a great house in a nice small community that is 2 hours from NY and 2 hours from Boston for way less than $500 000. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-my-neighbors-get-eaten-by-wolverines/652523/31 "2013-03-11T22:48:13Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > How are taxes in Boston? A little high but the particular area we are looking at has some of the best schools in the nation so we are totally fine with that. For example, one of the houses we’ve looked at on Trulia is $225k and it has $4,500 a year in taxes. > [@aruvqan](#): > > Have people forgotten Connecticut? We spend quite a bit of time in various parts of CT (primarily Fairfield and Madison) visiting family and we’ve known for a while it wasn’t anywhere we would put down roots. The family we have there love it though and have multiple generations who’ve stayed within 20 miles of where they were born. We get why they like it but it really isn’t for us. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-my-neighbors-get-eaten-by-wolverines/652523/32 "2013-03-12T22:41:07Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > We have started the process of moving, actually. It will take a few months because it is an interstate move and there need to be jobs lined up and all, but we are leaving as soon as one of us hears, “You’re hired!” I have a job interview on Tuesday! Everyone cross your fingers for me and, if all goes well, soon I’ll be able to give all my horrible neighbors the finger as we move the hell out! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-my-neighbors-get-eaten-by-wolverines/652523/33 "2013-03-12T22:49:37Z")
Wait, you want _your_ neighbors to get eaten by _my_ neighbors? It’s a deal. But you have to keep them. Mwahaha! ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-my-neighbors-get-eaten-by-wolverines/652523/34 "2013-03-12T23:06:58Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Wait, you want _your_ neighbors to get eaten by _my_ neighbors? > > It’s a deal. But you have to keep them. Mwahaha! Make sure you lace her neighbors with poison before our neighbors eat them. Everybody\* wins! \*except the clean-up crew ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-my-neighbors-get-eaten-by-wolverines/652523/35 "2013-03-12T23:08:18Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > That’s not a very realistic plan, is it? > > Seriously, you’re going to need at least six wolverines for a crowd this size. > [@pbbth](#): > > _adds six wolverines to shopping list_ No, what you need is **two** wolverines; economize!! But be sure they drop by the downstairs neighbors’ for a while first, while they’re smoking up. Then just wait until the wolverines develop the munchies! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-my-neighbors-get-eaten-by-wolverines/652523/36 "2013-03-14T01:47:13Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > A little high but the particular area we are looking at has some of the best schools in the nation so we are totally fine with that. For example, one of the houses we’ve looked at on Trulia is $225k and it has $4,500 a year in taxes. Sounds like a bargain of a house, but a pretty high tax rate for the metro area. My tax rate is only 13.66 per $1000 of assessed value. Boston proper is only 13.04. Ouch! ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-my-neighbors-get-eaten-by-wolverines/652523/37 "2013-03-14T16:50:12Z")
> [@Motorgirl](#): > > Sounds like a bargain of a house, but a pretty high tax rate for the metro area. > My tax rate is only 13.66 per $1000 of assessed value. Boston proper is only 13.04. > > Ouch! My understanding of the taxes is based solely on what is listed on the [realtor.com](http://realtor.com) or [trulia.com](http://trulia.com) pages. They could be off or it may be that the tax paid last year was higher than normal for some reason. We are going to be in a rental for a year when we move there so we haven’t really dug into the nuts and bolts of property ownership in the area yet. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-my-neighbors-get-eaten-by-wolverines/652523/38 "2013-03-14T18:44:20Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > It wouldn’t be so bad if they didn’t insist on smoking the cheapest, nastiest shit they can find. I swear it smells like they are lighting skunks on fire in the hallway. > [@Honey](#): > > Actually, the weed that smells like skunk is the good stuff. At least that’s what I’m told. 😃 That’s what I came to post. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cymy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Cymy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cymy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-my-neighbors-get-eaten-by-wolverines/652523/39 "2013-03-15T05:21:19Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > My understanding of the taxes is based solely on what is listed on the [realtor.com](http://realtor.com) or [trulia.com](http://trulia.com) pages. They could be off or it may be that the tax paid last year was higher than normal for some reason. We are going to be in a rental for a year when we move there so we haven’t really dug into the nuts and bolts of property ownership in the area yet. The taxes sound about right for the area–Boston taxes are astoundingly low compared to many of the surrounding suburbs. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-my-neighbors-get-eaten-by-wolverines/652523/40 "2013-03-15T05:25:57Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > That’s not a very realistic plan, is it? > > Seriously, you’re going to need at least six wolverines for a crowd this size. For the win. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-my-neighbors-get-eaten-by-wolverines/652523.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-my-neighbors-get-eaten-by-wolverines/652523.md?page=3)