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Are you happy with the block you live on?
« on: June 24, 2020, 07:00:51 PM »
I must say one of the main reasons I don’t move is because of my neighbors. It seems we can get anything done with our combined knowledge.

Yesterday we cut a tree down. It was a 70-foot elm in my neighbor’s yard leaning badly into my yard. My neighbor (not the one with the tree) dropped the tree with one cut in between a 36-inch gate. Only had about a foot clearance from my garage. From start to finish it was less than a hour. This included chopped up for fire wood and all cleanup.

How about your block?
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Re: Are you happy with the block you live on?
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2020, 07:01:54 PM »
Yes, love it!
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Re: Are you happy with the block you live on?
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2020, 07:03:58 PM »
Yes, love it!
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Re: Are you happy with the block you live on?
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2020, 07:04:30 PM »


I must say one of the main reasons I don’t move is because of my neighbors. It seems we can get anything done with our combined knowledge.

Yesterday we cut a tree down. It was a 70-foot elm in my neighbor’s yard leaning badly into my yard. My neighbor (not the one with the tree) dropped the tree with one cut in between a 36-inch gate. Only had about a foot clearance from my garage. From start to finish it was less than a hour. This included chopped up for fire wood and all cleanup.

How about your block?
Same boat here. We cut down trees together all the time, last week we took down a tree and a house in one swing. 
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Re: Are you happy with the block you live on?
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2020, 07:23:33 PM »
I must say one of the main reasons I don’t move is because of my neighbors. It seems we can get anything done with our combined knowledge.

Yesterday we cut a tree down. It was a 70-foot elm in my neighbor’s yard leaning badly into my yard. My neighbor (not the one with the tree) dropped the tree with one cut in between a 36-inch gate. Only had about a foot clearance from my garage. From start to finish it was less than a hour. This included chopped up for fire wood and all cleanup.

How about your block?
not gonna find neighbors like that on a jewish block

Same boat here. We cut down trees together all the time, last week we took down a tree and a house in one swing. 
more realistic

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Re: Are you happy with the block you live on?
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2020, 07:26:05 PM »
not gonna find neighbors like that on a jewish block
I thought you would find more with the community being so close knit.
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Re: Are you happy with the block you live on?
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2020, 07:29:23 PM »
I thought you would find more with the community being so close knit.
of course! I went off roading with my neighbor this week, we had a great time, the neighbor who's car we stole, and the guy who's yard we ripped up may disagree tho.
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Re: Are you happy with the block you live on?
« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2020, 08:50:31 PM »
I thought you would find more with the community being so close knit.
I think you need to listen to some Jackie Mason :)

I mean can you even chop down a tree with a butter knife?


I've watched enough tree felling videos on youtube to know all the theory behind it and how to do it.

I also watched enough videos to know that if the tree can potentially fall on my house I'm calling a pro to do it :)

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Re: Are you happy with the block you live on?
« Reply #8 on: June 24, 2020, 08:59:00 PM »
of course! I went off roading with my neighbor this week, we had a great time, the neighbor who's car we stole, and the guy who's yard we ripped up may disagree tho.
Was it the same guy that got their house and yard destroyed?

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Re: Are you happy with the block you live on?
« Reply #9 on: June 24, 2020, 09:54:29 PM »
sure, once my neighbor got arrested things are much better here
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Re: Are you happy with the block you live on?
« Reply #10 on: June 24, 2020, 09:57:55 PM »
I thought you would find more with the community being so close knit.
i have 8 guys on my block who can help with taxes...tree falling, not as much

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Re: Are you happy with the block you live on?
« Reply #11 on: June 25, 2020, 03:45:15 PM »
not gonna find neighbors like that on a jewish block
believe it or not, a couple of neighbors and myself did just that when I lived on Parkville Ave in Brooklyn. There was a huge tree from an adjacent rear building with huge libs covering the area where I wanted to build a sukka. With a manual pole saw and several homemade 10 ft extensions we removed most of the tree. (Although it was growing on the building side, most of it was on our side) it

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Re: Are you happy with the block you live on?
« Reply #12 on: June 25, 2020, 03:46:20 PM »
Currently, I have a few frum neighbors but I also have a college house nextdoor, and 2 across the street. Too bad it's not grad students...

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Re: Are you happy with the block you live on?
« Reply #13 on: June 25, 2020, 05:39:02 PM »
are we talking about removing trees with neighbors?
i had a small/med sized sapling that was growing wildly in my neighbors yard right next to my fence. so i used my neighbors driveway to yank it out with a rope tied to my car. (after the heavy duty strap i bought with a car emergency kit snapped..)
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Re: Are you happy with the block you live on?
« Reply #14 on: June 25, 2020, 06:21:55 PM »
4 pools on my block, we have pool parties, bbqs love it here
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Re: Are you happy with the block you live on?
« Reply #15 on: June 25, 2020, 07:07:43 PM »
believe it or not, a couple of neighbors and myself did just that when I lived on Parkville Ave in Brooklyn. There was a huge tree from an adjacent rear building with huge libs covering the area where I wanted to build a sukka. With a manual pole saw and several homemade 10 ft extensions we removed most of the tree. (Although it was growing on the building side, most of it was on our side) it
I find it interesting that huge libs would let you cut the tree, I guess they weren’t the tree hugger type

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Re: Are you happy with the block you live on?
« Reply #16 on: June 25, 2020, 07:15:03 PM »
I find it interesting that huge libs would let you cut the tree, I guess they weren’t the tree hugger type
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Re: Are you happy with the block you live on?
« Reply #17 on: June 25, 2020, 07:20:53 PM »
Please keep your crap in JS or covid.
I’m sorry you had a rough day
God willing tomorrow will be better

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Re: Are you happy with the block you live on?
« Reply #18 on: June 25, 2020, 07:21:51 PM »
I’m sorry you had a rough day
God willing tomorrow will be better
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Re: Are you happy with the block you live on?
« Reply #19 on: June 25, 2020, 08:54:46 PM »
I barely know my neighbors. The only neighbors I knew somewhat were the one that I used to play with when I was younger.

I'm fine with it that way. I was never a social butterfly.
I must say one of the main reasons I don’t move is because of my neighbors.
Why do you want to move to begin with?
I thought you would find more with the community being so close knit.
Interesting. I'd think so too but from my very limited (and biased) observations it doesn't seem so. I'm not sure why though.
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