Sharon Korn
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It all depends, I guess. Fancier, newer neighborhoods may be more picky. My first home in the bay area, no one really cared. Do pretty much whatever you want within respectable reason. I think local law enforcement pays more attention than the actual neighborhood. I had to move my car around when I found police marking the tires after only two days on the street. They started to pass laws outlawing boats/campers on the driveway without getting them grandfathered, but it was all city related, not HOA/CCR related. Most folks were "live and let live", so if you kept most of your "stuff" behind open or closed garage doors, no one really cared.
Agree with Carol. Talk to neighbors. Another thought is to go to a couple of grocery stores in the area and see who the clientele is. That is probably the best indicator of the neighborhood you are going to move to. Polite, respectful folks? Someone who will hold the door for you? Rowdy teen-agers? They all need groceries at some point.
And yes, I like living the hermit life on my 68 acres surrounded by 200+ additional acres of uninhabited land, complete with my junky 46' Chevy, 87' Pathfinder and various other desert relics that no one has complained about so far (except me)
Agree with Carol. Talk to neighbors. Another thought is to go to a couple of grocery stores in the area and see who the clientele is. That is probably the best indicator of the neighborhood you are going to move to. Polite, respectful folks? Someone who will hold the door for you? Rowdy teen-agers? They all need groceries at some point.
And yes, I like living the hermit life on my 68 acres surrounded by 200+ additional acres of uninhabited land, complete with my junky 46' Chevy, 87' Pathfinder and various other desert relics that no one has complained about so far (except me)