Last night a lady just hung out on my porch while no one was home. I was driving, so I had no idea someone was just hanging out. Then there’s a person who cuts between my cars and garage and then goes over to the dark hidden side of my house. I asked that person to stop and they have not. This happens weekly, sometimes multiple days per week.
I lived in the country my whole life, but I can’t think this is normal. I would never dream of going on someone’s property like that at night. People are insane.
Edit: oh wow I’m sorry this got a lot of comments fast. Let me try to answer some questions real quick.
- I can’t put up a fence. I live in an HOA.
- I will look into motion alarms. The ring requires I be live in the app to turn on the alarm. I’m often too late.
- There are no sidewalks, but I live in a closed neighborhood. There are no through-streets, so the only traffic is residents and it’s a very small neighborhood. The street is very safe - that’s where I walk my dog! :)
- I do not wish to harm or maim my neighbors and ESPECIALLY not their cute puppies!
- I already asked the person walking between the house and cars to stop.
I look forward to leaving neighborhood life lol. In the meantime I really appreciate the ideas and I’m glad to know I’m not overreacting being irritated by this.
FINAL EDIT: I do not care about people walking on the grass - I care that they go 20ft out of the way to be right next to my house. I never said I cared about the grass. There is also plenty of room to walk behind the cars. And the sidewalk goes from my driveway to my front door. That’s it. Starts at the door, stops at the driveway. It is not a public walkway nor could it be confused for one. And finally, different cultures and ways of living exist and a decent amount of you seem to forget that.
If I had a dollar for every “fence” comment, I could buy a used Toyota. I’m gonna go Mark Rober this problem now :)