OK, no couches on the porch, but what's with no basketball hoops on the garage?

[hedgehog]

Some subdivisions ban basketball hoops, but I could never figure out why.

[Gormy Cuss]

1. Thump.Thump. Thump.thumpity-thump thump thump. Repeat.

I think that's why.:-)

[hedgehog]

2. Why not ban backyard swimming pools, then? MARCO!

POLO!

[Gormy Cuss]

16. Only if the kids are cannonballing off of a couch on the porch.

Plus, a backyard pool isn't low class, unless it's an above ground one. Really low class if it's inflatable too.
:sarcasm:

[taterguy]

3. Because basketball is played by people with dark skin

[Omphaloskepsis]

5. What they said...

you type fast.

[PVnRT]

15. Yep

A park I grew up near still refuses to put up basketball goals because "the gangs" (i.e., blacks) will start hanging out there.

[Omphaloskepsis]

4. They want to keep black people away..

That was a joke with a small nugget of truth embedded.

[irish.lambchop]

6. You'd never find

basketball hoops banned from areas where they allow sofas on porches :-)

[underpants]

7. Neeeeeeever heard of it

I suspect something like that might get your ass kicked 'round here

Maybe this is why there are so many of the non permenant ones around :shrug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. Do they ban hoops on garages

or just the portable backboards that kids always leave in the street?

(Which I also never considered a big deal.)

[AllegroRondo]

10. both

although the portable ones are OK as long as they are put away when not in use. (at least where I live)

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. Probably better that way

Kids can go to the park or schoolyard to shoot hoops.

And while they're there, they can buy drugs.

[AllegroRondo]

9. its supposedly "detracts from the homes exterior"

same reason why many in my area also ban satellite dishes that are visible from the front.

[Critters2]

11. A parish family here got a new dog, but was reminded that their

"covenant" doesn't allow them to build a fence. They're looking for a new home.

[formerrepuke]

12. The noise...the sound of a pick-up game in a driveway is really irritating...

forcing neighbors to listen isn't too polite.

[Debi]

14. This thread is another reason why I'm happy I live in the country

What's a few spiders and a mouse or two in my basement? I can put my couch wherever I want AND have a basketball hoop on my garage!!!

I can even run around nekkid if I wanted to!!! :blush: but mosquitoes don't differentiate when they bite!!

[hedgehog]

17. I live in the country, and my son used to run around naked.

Of course, he was about 18 months at the time and skinny as a rail. Keeping diapers on that kid was tough.

[Debi]

21. !!

:rofl:

I think if I ran around with diapers on Mr. Debi would be worried!!!

Now, naked :P

Hope your kid filled out a little :hi:

[bleedingheart]

18. I have never heard of that...that is plain weird

what is wrong with a hoop?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

19. First of all...

Don't live in a subdivision that tells you what you can and can't do on your own property. I think they're fucking evil and have way too much power. Where else can your house be sold out from under you while paying your taxes? It's bullshit. I will NEVER live in a subdivision that has a home owners association like that. EVER. It's more fun to buy a tract of land and do whatever the fuck you want.
Duckie

[Midlodemocrat]

20. Almost everyone I know with kids who lives here has a hoop

either on the garage, or free standing. We have one and extended our driveway to form a basketball pad for my son and his friends.

My poor neighbors.

[Debi]

22. Yeah, stop building community in your neighborhood!

Next think you know the kids will be friends and then the parents will be friends and then everyone will watch out for one another...:wow: What is this world comming to?????


:hide:

I bet you're known as the 'cool' parents on the block.