I'm not worried about the guy picking a fight. I think that if he truly IS a martial arts instructor, then he lives by the creed of avoiding physical conflict unless cornered with no options.
Secondly, just because he has a Hillary sign in his yard does not make me a Fascist (Trump) supporter.
I would have voted for Ron Paul!
It's nowhere near 150dB outside. Between the system and the outside are concrete walls up to 3' thick in some places. I will admit that the system was starved for electricity during the first 50 years that I've lived here with temporary 100A service. In September, I was forced to upgrade it to 200A permanent service, at a cost of $7000 (which I was able to borrow from friends who were concerned about my daughter and rest of family living on generator for weeks on end). I have to pay that loan back, which means I get even further behind on property taxes and given I had a slower year in the amp repair work than last year, I'm not likely to break $10K income this year. But that 200A service made a palpable and measurable improvement in system performance.
When I came here in '66, it was because the previous town slammed me with an unexpected sewer assessment, which I was unable to pay. That foreclosed my prior house. Lucky, I had an inheritance and I used that $1850 to buy this land. The original plan for this house was more ambitious, but medical bills caused me to scale back drastically after the ground floor was built. For many years, the rest of the house was left unfinished. But by 1992, some newly moved in a-hole that doesn't even live on this road, but his kids trespassed here, got wind of my place after his kids put two rifle rounds into my picture window. I found out what an ugly prick he was. He got really out of hand when he found out his kids were in juvenile court after I had called the cops upon discovering the bullet holes and hearing shots and glass breaking at the unocupied cottage across the road. I did not know who was doing the shooting, and the cops investigated and found these two 10 yr old boys, who I'd never seen before. This new neighbor across the road, from the conversations I've overheard, has that same tone of voice and attitude as this old neighbor who, fortunately got mysteriously ill and died in his forties some ten years ago. That family moved out of the area a year later.
These new people make every effort to avoid us, probably because of the appearance of our unlandscaped property and non-standard house. Their property is so prim and proper, not a leaf out of place, if you can imagine. They constantly have landscaping people over there fawning over ever blade of grass. What about the constant parade of garbage trucks, gas trucks and lawn care noise that I never had to deal with? And this goes on a couple times a week, not once or twice a month.
I'm not going to debate over the Clintons. Ten people unfriended me on Facebook right on election night, as they couldn't bear the overthrow of progressive communism. One only need look at how many people died as a result of each person. I don't think Trump has had anyone killed. Yet.
I did note that one time back in September, while the inlaws who live with us, were up that the bus stop on a connecting road, I played music for about ten minutes, having the house to myself. About 1/3 mile away, my daughter got off the bus and came home and said she could hear the bass on the school bus. It probably was 150dB bass levels inside the room. My chairs, on the concrete floor, moved. The physical sensation, for me, was sheer heaven. That body slam is what I live for.
Headphones? Can't feel the bass!
Believe me, I would love to move to rural Hokkaido, and in fact I found a perfect house there that's asking less than my house is assessed at for taxes, and it's still available. But the move cost and the near impossibility of selling my non conforming house is standing in the way, not to mention getting that illusive visa..
