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The dog is barking in hopes of some one coming to its rescue from you.

Wow, 37. With every post you make about yourself, you prove that which many preconceive. Surely this doesn't need to be spelled-out for you.

Minding your own business does not make a community. Who in **** said I wanted to make a community or even be part of one?? People have made me hate them and I would be happier a hundred miled from the nearest person. but I mind my business and try to get along with my neighbors. One of my neighbors has children who can whoop and hollar like banshees sending my daughter's Chihuahau mixed dogs into fits of barking. I could complain to the law like you probably would but I usually just sit on my steps and enjoy the sound which reminds me of my own children when they were little. Sometimes minding your own business is the best thing some could do when I'm in a lousy mood. Otherwise they might get their out of town noses punched especially if they bring it to my territory..

hey bear nice job on my yard. Bench and I had a wonderful afternoon with my friends george and Jack.

That's right, mom. We're going to stay here and mold this community into something we can live with!

Sure Bonnie. You came from some Utopia society where no one was a bum, or ever ended up with a yard full of junk. The fact is, that show Hoarders proves that it happens pretty much every where. Truth is, around here most locals take great pains to keep their property and home maintained. Possibly that whole idle hands are the devils playground thing, and the old baptist teachings of "fun is bad". And possibly because often they have to work so hard to earn their property, they just want to keep it in the best shape. And probably some from the lessons of the great depression. I was taught that keeping things clean and maintained makes them last. But over all, this philosophy is being lost in a generation gap now.

Uh,uh, Mom. Oh, dear, we're here, get used to it. Those of us who have moved here come with all sorts of ideas and expectations. Don't like it/us. Get over it. Hunker down and prepare yourself for a better way of life.

Sure you should leave if you don't like it here....I would!

I come from a place where pride (the sort that stems from gratitude) in our homes, in our neighborhoods and in our community wasthe norm. My dad ordered my brother to mow the lawn with no thought to property values or annoying the neighbors. He just didn't want folks to think he provided a dump for his family to live in. Simple. when it needed it the house got painted, usually by some out of work down on his luck fella that my father wanted to give some work to. Our car was always registered, insured and in good running order. My Dad said if you couldn't afford to keep a car legal and running, you couldn't afford a car. Walk or take the bus.No shame in that.

He only had an 8th grade education, but we had nourishing food on the table, a watertight roof over our heads and clean clothes on our backs.The clothes we outgrew, we washed and mended carefully before sending them to "the old country" where cousins and old neighbors were glad to recieve them.

Minding your own business does not make a community. Taking responsability for those less fortunate and helping them to acheive a better life for themselves and their families is true community..

Oh trust me, we, the complainers, are definitely from somewhere else. What do you think I should do? Should I leave if I don't like it? Just asking.

one wonders if the complainers are locals or folks having moved here from somewhere else...

i will have to accept whatever laws are on the books (or suffer the same fate as k37), Gruff. the problem is until and unless someone puts a stop to that kind of thing many more are going to suffer that fate. I don't say everyone is going to treat a local that way but as long as some can get away with perjury like that it can and will happen again. My whole point is to see to it it does not. IO would hate for anyone to be treated as I was but that possibility still exists as long as those people avoid justice. Now you want to talk neighbors, years ago when a neighbor was very ill and sick, when my daughter and I would get paid we would often got to Save a Lot and bring back extra food for his family. It wasn't much but I knew what a hard time his wife was having and we were more than happy to help. I'm not going to say who it was, it was enough they knew I cared. Neighbors in the old days in this county did that sort of thing for each other. Not lied and sneaked, and court dragged, claiming they don't know who you are or what you are doing somewhere.

There are days like yesterday I thank the Goddess, I will never live near Christmas Mountain again. I now want no part of a place I once loved. Unchanged for 200 years??? Bull****, it's changed.

Whether or not I actually want to plant tires with marigold, I should have that right. I try to mind my business and expect the neighbors to do the same. For 5 years now I have had no problems with my nearest neighbors and that is the way I like it. I don't know what they are planting in their yard, nor do I care if they have a car up on blocks. That is their business. In fact before he passed away my neighbor offered to haul off an old water heater for me that I had no way to haul and we helped him load it. He never called the county or slurred about it simply stopped and told me he was hauling off some garbage from his home and would I like for him to take the old heater too. Even though I only knew him 5 years he was a fine neighbor and is sorely missed. There are few like him left.

I have nothing against mobile homes, trailers or trailer parks and certainly nothing against the people who live in them.In my original post I mentioned RUSTING single- and doublewides. I DO object to unkempt properties, junk cars (you know, the fixer-uppers that have been sittin in the yard with the hood removed for so long that a sapling has grown 6 feet out of the engine compartment or up on blocks so long the blocks and the car have rusted together) and crap laden, overgrown yards. I have been in the mobile homes of many people in this and surrounding counties and they and the surrounding landscape have been clean and well tended.

Nor am I wealthy or successful to any extent. I may have a college degree, but my husband doesn't and he has out earned me by double through hard work and endurance. It doesn't take a whole lot of bucks to buy a lawn mower and use it. If you aren't able to haul your garbage to the dump, trade off services with a neighbor to haul the big stuff for you. Bury the rest. Borrow a shovel, if you have to.

An elderly or handicapped neighbor may need help. Find out and offer to mow, trim, paint and repair. Where I came from, we called this Christmas in April. employees of local companies and concerned townspeople devoted every Saturday in april to spruce up and do repairs, inside and out, on the homes of people who couldn't afford it. Often, these same folks joined in the following april and "played it forward".

We moved here to be closer to family ( my bro has been here for 30 years and my husband's family moved here a few years ago.) We love it here. Yes we live in a mansion, all 1200 sq ft of it, on a grand estate of 4 acres. My bottom of the line rice-burner has 100K miles on it and my husband's car is 4 years old. And, yes we have a couple more, older cars. One is 40 years old, garaged, in pristine contition. The other is 65 years old and a work in progress. You won't find these vehicles rusting in our yard

The point is, we live within our means and still take pride in our home and our community. There is no shame in poverty of means, only in poverty of heart.

He is a nice bear bench baby. He mowed my yard at 404 south jefferson ave. so I could come over and mow your skirt off.

Would Jesus refer to the people who live in Jefferson landing as "rich stiff people"? The Jesus I know would love all those who seek his love and message; rich or poor. Again, bench, you're the one with the problem, not me. I don't descriminate aganist people based on how they look or who they are. I just know that I'm not going to invest my hard-earned money into a house in a location that will drive down its value. Again, nothing said about the people; nothing! You're the only one talking about the human element and attempting (rather poorly, I might add) to put words into my statements. Show me where I said anything about people being lesser. The challenge is still there.

I don't know of saying it any other way....plain and simple you won't live beside of a trailor because of the way it looks, and its value. Would you sit beside of someone who is not attractive just because they are??? Would you live at Jefferson landing just because rich stiff people live there and are gated in like livestock? Hey all you trailor trash stay away from us!!!! WHAT WOULD JESUS DO OR SAY???? I can bet you he would go to the poor, and live among them!!!!

Nope, you're wrong again, bench. I wouldn't build a $200,000 house next to a trailer because my house wouldn't hold the value of that which I had put into it. That's clearly being financially responsible. It has no bearing on anyone being any better than anyone else. Greed. What a stupid thing to charge me with. You're the one that's telling me that I think I'm better than others; when in fact, that's far from the truth. I put myself through college, made a career for myself, had a retirement fund, and built a nice home for my family. Is it so wrong that I would not want to have the value of that home lessened by its location? I still have the challenge out there for you to find where I made reference to looking down on someone. My advice to you is to hug that bench a little harder and think about what you're actually saying.

LISTEN TO ME.... when you said you would not build a 200.000 home next to a trailor, that makes me think you're thinking is better than the person who lives in a trailor. I understand why you wouldn't because YOU living in your nice 200.000 home is nothing but GREED!!!! When people who make more money, they intend to get greedy and....look at a trailor as a SHACK plain and simple.... come on averagebear admit the truth your better then they are!!!! As I said some people cannot go to college because of alot of reasons, not smart enough, no money, and living in a cycle of never changing their lifestyle. Why do you think there are so many dropouts in school???? There is no one there to give them encouragement, advice, and will power. Maybe they could do like alot of kids who are poor, work their way through school but , alot of kids here won't because of the cycle they live in.... my parents didn't go to college why should I ???? I'm a lucky gal, my father built my house and gave it to me when I got married, and I'm blessed beyond compare.

Bench, I challege you to tell me where I made a reference to looking down on someone. You won't find it; because it doesn't exist. That's something you have made-up in your mind. The same goes for goat-boy. Who mentioned hillbillys? It wasn't me. Who mentioned zoning laws? I just stated that trailers and junk on adjoining properties will drive down the sale value of a more expensive home. That doesn't judge those who would live in trailers/mobile homes or those that have junk in their yards. A fact is a fact, and that's all I offered up. Bench, goat, joe-bob, and to a minor degree, dog; are trying to put the human element into the argument - that's because you realized I was correct and you were not. Again, benchbabe; look at the posts and find where I made a negative reference to people who are less fortunate. You won't find that in print, but only in your narrow mind.

Below average bear ....my advise to you is to move to England and live with the Queen, she has a large wall around her mansion in which you think you live in right here in Ashe Co. Your attitude is the same as hers you look down on people who are less fortunate.... She has a cold heart and is so unhappy she never smiles. but, I can tell you one thing YOU AND HER wipe you **** the same way us common people do and mine doesn't smell as bad.>>>>>>>>LOL