New Neighbors

So, the neighbors (they of the Security System), have moved out and DC wants to know the scoop. First, new readers should probably go read that link I provided in the 1st sentence. Next, go read this entry. Alright, maybe everyone should go re-read those posts to refresh memories.

Anyway, it has been 3 1/2 years since the Meet the Neighbors part (where does time go?). At that point, there were 8 new neighbors on Tubbs Hill (all new houses), plus the Security System people in R&J's old house.

In that 3 1/2 years, about half the people have moved out. One guy used that it was a long drive from here to Amherst (where he works) for an excuse. I will grant that it is a longish drive - about 45 minutes (I know, I used to work in the same industrial park). However, he was working in Amherst before they moved here. He didn't know that it would be that long a drive? Give me a break - he and/or she couldn't do the country scene (which is fine - just admit it).

Of the other couples who moved from the Tubbs Hill gang, we don't know exactly why they moved, but do know that it didn't have anything to do with forclosures or forced sales.

They of the Security System are a different story (actually, I am unsure if they actually put in a system because I don't know a single person that actually talked to them since the Greet the Neighbor party). The only thing we know is that 2 years ago she claimed bankruptcy (it was in the local paper). Then, about 6 months after that, they got divorced. She stayed in the house, but it was up for sale forever (at least 1 year). I wasn't even sure that anyone was in the house - I rarely saw lights on or vehicles in the driveway. WS assures me that she was there though.

About a month ago the house was finally sold, she moved out and new people moved in. It was big talk here at the Bogie household because we have nothing better to do than gossip about the neighbors I commented that I had seen vehicles in the driveway. Then we saw a guy at the top of the road digging thru the snowbank one Saturday morning. We figured out that new people were moving in and that the guy was looking for the "House For Sale" sign that had been at the corner of the road. A moving van that showed up later helped in the diagnosis.

I'll have to talk to Mocha's people and get them to have another Greet the Neighbor party. There are several new people in the houses on Tubbs Hill (at least 4 houses worth) and 2 other houses up the hill from us have been sold recently, so we really need a get-together to sort everyone out. Oh, and the trailer jsut down the hill and across the street from us is up for sale - she is going back to Texas.

It just seems odd that we have been in our house longer than all but one other homeowner on Dickey Hill!

Comments

[DCE]

Bogie, it seems that your 'neighborhood' is tough on residents. You and one other denizen are the only long term Tubbs Hill residents? You make Deering sound more like sections of my town, with a large seasonal population. Many of the seasonal homes here change hands on a relatively short but regular cycle. Or could it be that too many of your transitional neighbors really don't understand what it means to live there and burn out after a year or two, forcing them to return to 'civilization'?

[Matty]

Bogie, You didn't tell us the good stuff. I went back and reread the other 2 posts thinking I was going to read about your regular old Peyton Place, and no juicy gossip!

[Cop Car]

Since your first two pieces were so vividly written, and I got such a laugh over the whole thing, there was no need to review. I cannot imagine why the turnover is so great in your neck of the woods. It takes hardy people to live out there; but, as you asked about the length of your neighbor's drive, don't they know that?

Forty or fifty years ago, I would have loved taking up that lifestyle; but, when we were house-hunting 15 years ago, I decided that it was too late for me to become a pioneer, so we stuck to living in town. Somehow, I couldn't see your dad taking up country living. *still snickering at the thought*

Hope you can get your "meet and greet" together.

[Cop Car]

While reading your "Various Things", wherein you mentioned that the Security people were outta there, I got a vision that sent me into hysterical laughter (well, I broke a grin): People who file for bankruptcy have something valuable to protect with a security system???? Humpf!

[bogie]

DCE - There are only 2 long-term residents on Dickey Hill Road (including us). One elderly lady passed away last spring - she had been here probably 40 or more years (maybe 60 - I'm just pulling numbers out of my, uh, head). Another family that lived at the top of the road when we moved in sold their house last fall (all their kids and foster kids were grown so they didn't need such a large house anymore). I believe the next longest denizen is the "kid" across the street - that family built their house about 10 years ago (although there may be one other family that competes for that honor.

Tubbs Hill has 3 families that have been there as long or longer than we have. Brandy Lane has 2 long-term families.

Actually, considering that there were only 7-8 houses on DH, 2 on BL and 5 houses on TH when we moved here, I guess 7 long-termers isn't too bad.

I know of 4 places that were sold because of divorce, 2 were sold because local police officers live in them and they found jobs in other towns (although only 2 of those families lived here when we moved in). The reasons for the rest are unknown (we are lousy gossips except between the 2 of us).