The Neighbors
I recently took a walk around my neighborhood and discovered some different approaches as to how people perceive their homes. I am not quite sure what people think they see when they look at their house, but obviously it is not what I am seeing. My new neighbor down the street sees two lovely dogs now free to romp through the suburbs. I see two rottweilers who love to charge children and little dogs when walking past their house. They see nibby neighbors who are infringing on their enjoyment of their free wielding pets. I see the dog warden who has been out to their house twice already about local leash laws. The neighbor up the street from me sees a humanitarian effort to employ homeless people and convicted felons. I see a house whose landscaping has been torn up for the past 2 years with a bulldozer permanently installed in the front yard because the owner can’t get anyone to come in and finish the job his derelict crew couldn’t complete. He keeps promising to take care of the eyes...