• iknowitwheniseeit
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    7 days ago

    I think because for most Americans their home is their single largest asset - usually their only one with any resale value. So they jealousy guard against anything that might reduce the value, like a neighbor who does anything out of the blandest, most ordinary things.

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      6 days ago

      … or a neighbor who does something that actually reduces resale value in the neighborhood.

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        6 days ago

        I think we’re agreeing. I mean, if your neighbor paints their mailbox with a rainbow then that’s something that will make your house harder to sell.