Sometime in close quarters, small things get loud. The messages start out “kindly” but end with three exclamation points on a community board, a gate, or a mailbox.
This is a selection of the petty poetry of tight-knit blocks, with their notes about bins, loud barking, wrong parking spaces, porches, and borrowed tools, all of them said with manners so sweet they almost sting.
1. “I will update you with the progress of my levitation exercises”
2. And he made it into a heart!
3. YOUR YARD
4. Fred Flintstone would’ve loved those!
5. “Hey lady”
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6. They don’t want to be complicit
7. “Lookin’ at you, Dexter’s owners”
8. Oh?
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9. He’s been serious
10. Those capital letters give it the touch
11. Someone’s not happy with the construction next door
12. Well illustrated
13. Passive-aggressive, but haiku
14. Hey, congrats!
15. Did I?
16. When in Swiss…
17. Love thy neighbor
18. Crowing and crowing
19. The happy face is killing me
20. What’s the story with Ann?
21. Smile!
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These messages feel like the soundtrack of neighbor life: short, specific, and unforgettable. For more everyday drama and delight, keep scrolling through these 19 Notes Left for Neighbors That Took Comedy to a New Level, or these 19 Nightmare Neighbors Stories You Won’t Believe Are Real. You can also check When a Community Board Turns Into Drama.
