# I'm morbidly curious about what my neighbors have going on upstairs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 7, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-morbidly-curious-about-what-my-neighbors-have-going-on-upstairs/695064 "2014-08-07T23:09:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-morbidly-curious-about-what-my-neighbors-have-going-on-upstairs/695064/1 "2014-08-07T23:09:11Z")
[In this home with the strangely non-fenestrated second storey](https://www.google.com/maps/@34.115131,-84.007256,3a,75y,164.06h,88.45t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sSauenMRQidS3U5ws1HVq3Q!2e0) Did they rip out the upper floor and ceiling, and sit in 20-foot rooms under naked joists & rafters? An upstairs Jehovah’s Witness Temple? (for people wanting to be witnesses, they seem unwilling to do so through windows) or the old, reliable standby: torture chamber. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-morbidly-curious-about-what-my-neighbors-have-going-on-upstairs/695064/2 "2014-08-07T23:12:24Z")
Large suite for filming porn. At least, that’s what I would use it for. ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-morbidly-curious-about-what-my-neighbors-have-going-on-upstairs/695064/3 "2014-08-07T23:30:02Z")
I vote for crazy relative’s quarters. Why don’t you ask them? ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-morbidly-curious-about-what-my-neighbors-have-going-on-upstairs/695064/4 "2014-08-07T23:31:31Z")
Gigantic model railroad. Windows are a drag in model railroading. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-morbidly-curious-about-what-my-neighbors-have-going-on-upstairs/695064/5 "2014-08-07T23:36:21Z")
grow room? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-morbidly-curious-about-what-my-neighbors-have-going-on-upstairs/695064/6 "2014-08-07T23:36:30Z")
There don’t appear to be any windows, first or second floor. That’s just weird, man. There is a curved discontinuity in the upper front siding and for a moment I was going to call BS/Photoshopped. but it appears to be genuine. Not sure why or what would cause a curved line in the siding. How do we get an answer on this one? The rotating birds-eye view on Bing maps, which appears to be from 2012, shows older siding and windows in all the usual places. This looks new, amateurish or cheaply done, and peculiar as hell. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-morbidly-curious-about-what-my-neighbors-have-going-on-upstairs/695064/7 "2014-08-07T23:37:56Z")
It’s a movie theater, complete with popcorn machine and carpeted floors. Or where they’re stashing the hostages. Whichever you prefer. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-morbidly-curious-about-what-my-neighbors-have-going-on-upstairs/695064/8 "2014-08-07T23:46:27Z")
Missed edit: I guess there are a few windows on the first floor. Maybe they resided the easy way and will eventually make cutouts for new windows? ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-morbidly-curious-about-what-my-neighbors-have-going-on-upstairs/695064/9 "2014-08-08T00:41:50Z")
Sunlight sensitive person lives there? Some people’s circadian rhythm are affected strongly by outside light. Do they work nights? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-morbidly-curious-about-what-my-neighbors-have-going-on-upstairs/695064/10 "2014-08-08T00:52:38Z")
There’s only one floor. Very tall people live there. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-morbidly-curious-about-what-my-neighbors-have-going-on-upstairs/695064/11 "2014-08-08T01:14:32Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > There’s only one floor. Very tall people live there. Who have a fetish for showing off their genitalia while keeping their faces hidden. ---
**Author:** ![Timetrvlr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Timetrvlr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timetrvlr)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-morbidly-curious-about-what-my-neighbors-have-going-on-upstairs/695064/12 "2014-08-08T01:37:21Z")
I see an old guy in a rocking chair on the front porch. He appears to be holding a toddler in diapers. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-morbidly-curious-about-what-my-neighbors-have-going-on-upstairs/695064/13 "2014-08-08T01:37:53Z")
Upstairs is where the pods are gestating. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-morbidly-curious-about-what-my-neighbors-have-going-on-upstairs/695064/14 "2014-08-08T03:56:51Z")
Two older people on the porch. Maybe they can’t climb the stairs any more so had it enclosed and are leaving it as a shrine to their children. ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-morbidly-curious-about-what-my-neighbors-have-going-on-upstairs/695064/15 "2014-08-08T03:57:43Z")
It’s obviously for the Vampire lair. You don’t want any risk of sunlight getting in through windows, who knows when a neighbourhood boy will accidentally hit a baseball through the window and then suddenly _poof_ there goes the master vampire from the beam of sunlight straight into his coffin. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-morbidly-curious-about-what-my-neighbors-have-going-on-upstairs/695064/16 "2014-08-08T05:17:39Z")
The place houses an ICBM. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-morbidly-curious-about-what-my-neighbors-have-going-on-upstairs/695064/17 "2014-08-08T06:19:42Z")
Maybe it’s a public utilities station made up to look like a normal house and inside it’s all pipes and gauges and things. ---
**Author:** ![PurpleClogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-morbidly-curious-about-what-my-neighbors-have-going-on-upstairs/695064/18 "2014-08-08T06:26:22Z")
I think they were just too cheap to spring for the windows when they added the 2nd floor. Or they’re mushroom farmers. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-morbidly-curious-about-what-my-neighbors-have-going-on-upstairs/695064/19 "2014-08-08T08:04:14Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > There don’t appear to be any windows, first or second floor. That’s just weird, man. > > There is a curved discontinuity in the upper front siding and for a moment I was going to call BS/Photoshopped. but it appears to be genuine. Not sure why or what would cause a curved line in the siding. > > How do we get an answer on this one? > > The rotating birds-eye view on Bing maps, which appears to be from 2012, shows older siding and windows in all the usual places. This looks new, amateurish or cheaply done, and peculiar as hell. It isn’t curved. It’s from the map process. Take one step to the right and zoom in. It looks fine. To me, it looks like an old farm house. It has the old tin roof that houses from the early part of the 20th century had. Windows were expensive. And still are. Upstairs was where the bedrooms were and bedrooms were for sleeping. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-morbidly-curious-about-what-my-neighbors-have-going-on-upstairs/695064/20 "2014-08-08T09:57:33Z")
**Slithy Tove** , you should definitely knock and ask pointed questions about their creepy, windowless house. On second thought, only do that if there are odd comings and goings and mysterious noises coming from the house late at night. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-morbidly-curious-about-what-my-neighbors-have-going-on-upstairs/695064.md?page=2)