<<Good for you...I am assuming the Liberal lives in a "Lily White" community as most do?>>
Going from the corner house to the one two houses away in the other direction, you have: Persian, Jewish, Jewish (us), Persian, Italian. The only other people in the block that I know are: WASP, Italian, Jewish, Chinese all the way to the other corner. Lots that I don't know. No blacks but plenty of Asians, mostly Chinese. Possibly now the Chinese kids outnumber the white kids. It certainly isn't "lily white," even the whites seem to be mostly Jews, Persians and Italians. We only know one really Anglo-Saxon couple in the whole block, although the house next door that's Jewish now had two successive Anglo-Saxon families before the Jewish couple moved in. We all get along fine. Across the road are three Anglo-Saxon families in a row, then a mixed Jewish-Japanese couple, then Jewish, then Mormon (of mixed German, South African and Scottish background.)
I don't know why you think liberals live in "Lily White" communities - - we relish and cherish diversity. There are blacks in the same subdivision but they live seven or eight blocks away from us, in subsidized housing. The street is roughly two-thirds white and one-third black.
<<Hell no RV's....no fricking boats in the driveway either.
<<He told me they dont even allow pickup trucks in driveways over-night...only in garage.>>
I'm absolutely amazed. I don't think there's a community in all of Canada where there is that much control over how people can use their own homes!!! I was in Dallas, Texas about thirty years ago looking into some housing developments there and I was totally amazed at the lack of controls even then - - a guy could open up a full-service garage in his own home, even if it was in the middle of a residential block and none of the neighbours could do a God-damn thing to stop him. I always figured that Americans were a lot freer than Canadians in how they could use their own properties, because we had some pretty restrictive zoning by-laws in Toronto but absolutely nothing like what you are telling me now.
<<Dont like the rules? Then dont move in!
<<I love HOA's.>>
HOA's? ? ? ? ?
<<Hate bozos that move in and say "oh I love this neighborhood...so nice...so pretty"
<<Then they proceed to break all the rules that made it the place they wanted to be!
<<Read the rules before you buy...dont like the rules...then dont buy and then bitch.>>
Well, I don't think my neighbour should be able to open up an autobody shop in my block, or even a bakery, but I don't see anything wrong with a boat in the drive or even pink flamingos on the lawn if that's what the guy likes. I can't imagine any of my neighbours putting up pink flamingos, but if that's what they want in their own front yard, God bless 'em.
<<Or maybe since when we catch murderer and we know there will be more murderers
we should throw our hands up and just pretend they dont exist?>>
I think the first thing you've got to realize is that you've got plenty of hit teams and death squads doing just the same as they are. The essence of the dispute is political, so the sooner you realize that and move towards a political solution, the faster the conflict will resolve. They aren't any more "murderers" than you are, so I'd say lose the self-righteous attitude and get down to brass tacks. Don't forget, they think that you guys are the "murderers" and so if you each pursue a goal of catching the "murderers" and "punishing" them for their alleged misdeeds, this conflict will never end.
<<Well I bought the 3 acre lot, but have not built a house yet.
<<Obama'sEconomy has me scared to start a 2nd house project.
<<It's my "dream house" in the country, but it's still a dream.
<<I could do it...but it would be half debt....dont want any debt at this time.>>
Tough decision. The Americans I talk to don't think the housing market's bottomed out yet, but who the hell knows? I think it's more important to keep your eye on the local real estate market because it could be way off the national averages. Best of luck, whichever way you decide to go.