How can you tell if there's a grow house nearby?

[XemaSab]

Last year the people across the street moved to Hawaii.

They said they were renting the place out to friends. This family came and looked at the place and said they were going to move in, but they never did.

Then the place was totally empty for months.

Now there are these dudes over there who say that they are setting up a group home for disabled people, but there's something hinky going on.

The usual pattern is that three cars will pull up at around 8:30 in the evening (even on weekends) and a woman and three men and two dogs will get out and go in the house.

The only lights that are obviously on when they are there are in the garage, and sometimes they are watching TV. They usually leave around midnight, but sometimes one of them will spend the night there.

This is truly odd.

I don't think they're growing dope or cooking meth or anything by sheer virtue of the fact that I never see them carrying anything in or out, but by the same logic whatever the hell they're doing over there sure as hell doesn't look like setting up any group home.

[Scuba]

1. Ever heard of sex?

[TrogL]

2. heavy curtains or other coverings on the basement or other windows

Keeps the light in and prying eyes out.

[Ikonoklast]

3. The neighborhood Quick-E-Mart needs two tractor-trailer loads of Twinkies delivered every day.

And Frito-Lay added a third shift at the local Cheeto production facility.