Reply #15: 15 years here in Los Altos, CA. [View All]

[alittlelark]

We were welcomed to the neighborhood by a $%^$ who told us that our moving trucks couldn't use the side entrance to our property because it was a private road (shared by 5 other households)..... They had already unloaded most of our possessions - utilizing our driveway. We were welcomed by NO ONE. We have a neighbor whose dog knocked over an old lady I was walking with around dusk.... they tried to deny it to the nth degree - the cop said he didn't believe them - they finally admitted it. We have a fundamentalist family from Kansas that moved in when the Grandfather died, homeschooling their 5 girls 3 houses away - one of them set a fire in the backyard and likely killed one of our cats. The boy that lives next to them was the fire instigator. The ppl cati-corner will come over screaming (yes, screaming) if we park a car ACROSS THE STREET from their home - they once called the cops - the policeman explained that it was legal to park a car on the street for up to 5 days. The next time we needed to move a vehicle into that 'sacred spot' it was severely dinged.

My kids only play w/ the Mormon family at the end of the cul-de-sac.

We have had 2 good neighbors.... both left, due to the aforementioned and soooo much more.


I don't know WHY we are still here - hubby loves it (but is rarely here), I HATE IT!

It is some of the most valuable real estate in the country, but, DAMN!!!! I'd love to have some REAL neighbors!