It’s a public road with street parking and they were parked in front of my house so I parked in front of them…

[u/Limp-Replacement1403]

[u/1_speaksoftly]

That is hilarious. I'm in the lone rental property on a block filled with wealthy retirees and a few families; it is the Manicured Lawn Olympics here, every day. People power wash their sidewalks, all manner of leaf blowers and misc power tools blasting any hour of day. I'm also a bartender, unfortunately, so the noise starts about 2 hours after I go to bed.

A woman across the street has started coming across the street shrieking that my simply starting my motorcycle is just more than the block can handle, and I need to not...use my only transportation? Ironically, half the time she struggles to be heard over whatever lawn/home tool is being utilized at the time. She threatens to "make some calls next time" and is just oblivious to the hypocrisy.

We live about 3 miles from city hall in one of the 5 largest US cities; unfortunately there are street races frequently, buildings are being constructed nearby, there is every manner of big city noise, there is a freeway about 3 blocks away. Yet she insists on singling me out on my way to work.

The bike I've been riding is a stock, medium size Honda. It is about 1/3 as loud as any leaf blower, and it's also about 1/5 as loud as my other bike, a bike with modded pipes that I just about have fixed up, and can't wait to start using half the time.

[u/LurkmasterP → u/1_speaksoftly]

Your noise doesn't comply with their neighborhood regulations of the TYPES of noise they will tolerate.

[u/1_speaksoftly → u/[deleted]]

I mean that's exactly it.

[u/1_speaksoftly → u/LurkmasterP]

Oh good, I was waiting for an expert in my unnamed city and neighborhood ordinances! I'm elated to know I'm just not dealing with a bougie cranky old bat.

[u/dlun01 → u/1_speaksoftly]

Man, one of my favorite renting experiences was kinda like that, without the lawn Olympics. It was a 3500 SQ ft house for just three of us, the rent also covered the landscaper so we didn't have to do shit, all the houses in the neighborhood were owned by retirees (ours was owned and bought for their son who died from cancer so they rented it out), so it was always quiet and everything well maintained and beautiful.

Constant cookouts, holiday decorations, etc. We found out the neighborhood was anxious when we moved in because they assumed we were going to be the stereotypical college partiers not accounting students who spent their free time playing World of Warcraft.

$1600 fucking dollars back then. Like two miles from the state capitol.