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Neighbors bashing you online? Check Nextdoor's top trending discussions
The web is chock full of hilarious snippets and screenshots of neighbors gone wild across the country, all documented in the Nextdoor app.
Like the house blasting “Sweet Child O’ Mine” for three days straight. Hey, there are worse songs. Or how about those friendly people around the corner offering free (already cut open) avocados and expired salad dressing? Umm, pass.
Millions of Americans take to Nextdoor to keep up with neighborhood news and log their complaints. What’s bugging people the most?
Talk of the town
A recent survey dove into 58,735 Nextdoor posts and 354,972 comments in 50 of America’s largest cities to see what people care about most.
Anything dogs, cats, and parking ranks No. 1 on the hot topic list. Location matters, too. Raleigh, Oakland and Virginia Beach have it the ruff-est when it comes to barking complaints.
Mesa, Arizona and Phoenix are in the top three stinkiest cities. Listen, bad things happen when it’s 120 degrees. No surprise here: California has the highest number of traffic complaints.
The pet peeve next door
So, what are your neighbors gabbing about most on Nextdoor? Here’s a list of the most popular words contained in message threads:
- Street, police, found, dogs, cats, parking, cameras, traffic, noise, construction, kittens, smells, poop, barking, feral cats, creepers.
Dogs were discussed the most in Dallas, San Antonio and Washington, D.C. Fresno, Oklahoma City and Sacramento chat about kitties more than anywhere else — though it’s mostly about feral cats in the first two.
In Albuquerque, Tulsa and Omaha, creepers and cameras are the hottest topics. Citizens of Oakland, Louisville and Sacramento seem to watch each other the most on doorbell cameras. Steal a package and they’ll be on you in two seconds.
How to check what's hogging your internet connection
Bandwidth is a hot commodity, even more so when living in a rural area or a region with notoriously lousy internet service. But sometimes your slow internet is caused by your ISP. Tap or click here to see if your ISP is throttling your speeds.
Never pay upfront on Marketplace: An 18-year-old was just arrested in Fort Lauderdale for posting his neighbors’ cars for rent on FB Marketplace. The scammer collected deposits and then sent renters to the car owners’ real addresses. One neighbor said eight people showed up at her house over three weeks. Another got his car smashed by an angry would-be renter.
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What one 11-year-old makes doing bike stunts on YouTube. Local police and some neighbors aren’t impressed with little Alex Santacroce, aka Oneway Lilman. One neighbor even sued, and the boy’s dad pleaded guilty to “allowing a child to illegally operate a bicycle.”
Find all the best candy spots this Halloween with a handy neighborhood map
Nobody does Halloween like America with an entire night of festive trick-or-treating until you can’t fit any more candy in your bag. Want to really get into the Halloween spirit? Tap or click here to get spooky with your smart speakers.
Wi-Fi slow? Best ways to fix Wi-Fi problems
There are plenty of reasons your Wi-Fi keeps slowing down: signal congestion, router location, firmware issues, hardware limitations or even the physical size of your home. Then again, it could just be your neighbors.
A grainy and corny story: Two brothers used their YouTube earnings from playing Farming Simulator to buy land in Barnes City, Iowa. Turns out, real farming is tougher than the game. But hey, good neighbors came to the rescue to teach them everything about soil, seeds and sowing.
Find your router's password fast (then change it!)
If you’re like most people, the day you got your router, you installed it (or had it installed) and soon after got busy using it. Just minutes after you plugged it in, it was working perfectly.
Suddenly, you and your family were logging long hours on the internet with all your gadgets. Those hours turned into days, then weeks, then months. You browse the internet, stream TV shows and movies, and chat it up on social media without a care in the world. Tap or click here to see if your neighbors are stealing your Wi-Fi and what to do about it.
Are your neighbors stealing your internet? Here's what to do about it
You’re at home ready to stream the latest episode of your favorite show. The popcorn is popped, you’re in your favorite spot and everything is perfect. When you fire up Netflix, though, the video is fuzzy and keeps buffering. Is your internet provider slowing things down? Maybe.
3 ways to check out your neighbors
You can live next to people for years and never get to know them. Who are they? What are they doing, just beyond that picket fence? They may look normal enough, but are your children safe around them? Do they have a malevolent past?
Find out your neighbor's name the easy way
If you’ve lived in the same home for years, there’s a good chance you know your neighbors. They might even be your friends.
But if you’re new to the area, prefer to keep to yourself or have neighbors who do, a quick wave while you’re taking out the trash might be as far as your relationship goes.
Boost your Wi-Fi with this simple trick that won't break the bank
Your home Wi-Fi might be acting up lately. This can be due to bandwidth issues since everyone is staying home and connecting all their smartphones, tablets, laptops, computers and more. It can also be due to your neighbors pushing the internet company to the limit.
Use Nextdoor to get help with shopping and more during the coronavirus crisis
The last thing you might expect during frightening times like this coronavirus pandemic is a surge in horrible behavior. Well, you’d be wrong.
Tons of scammers have been taking advantage of COVID-19 fears and using them to rip people off. Tap or click here for a list of scams making the rounds.
Simple way to protect your privacy on social media sites
Everyone’s talking about Nextdoor. It’s the social networking site that brings back good old-fashioned neighborhood chatter between your neighbors. Nextdoor is great in many ways, however, it has a few dark sides that you must know about if you’re concerned about your privacy.