Neighbors’ children and unauthorized daycare kids turn woman’s driveway into playground and toy dump, until she snaps, destroys their bikes and games, and gets the city involoved: ‘One woman and her sister watching 20-30 kids, I went down to city hall’

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Etai Eshet • Editor
May 26, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

Welcome to a brand new episode of the all too familiar suburban saga. Where property lines are theoretical, and if you dare to enforce them, you're cast as the neighborhood villain. Adults bemoan the loss of community, but the second you mention boundaries, you're one HOA meeting away from being labeled the local curmudgeon. Generations clash—one side clinging to the hope of mutual respect, the other wielding entitlement like a Nerf bat.

Suburbia sells itself as a tranquil haven—white fences, manicured lawns, and cheerful waves from the neighbors. In reality, it's a daily struggle to keep your sanity and your driveway from being annexed by the neighborhood's miniature marauders. There's something about unmonitored children and the world's most oblivious parents that turns any stretch of concrete into a free-range amusement park. No matter how many times you ask for your personal space to be, well, personal, the message always seems to get lost in the sound of screeching wheels.

In every block, there's an inevitable moment when patience with runaway toys and endless foot traffic finally snaps. Suddenly, the tools come out—not for home improvements, but for impromptu lessons in respecting other people's things. And if DIY justice doesn't fix it, there's always the bureaucratic cavalry—a friendly call to code enforcement, where rules are still taken seriously and property rights matter.

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  • "Stop letting your kids use my driveway as their play area"

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  • When I had my last home, (in a small 30K pop city) I was one house from the corner, so I had a long, narrow drivway (could fit 6 cars) wedged between my home
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  • and a hedge with 6' fence on on the other side. I always had to pull out slowly, because the fence made it difficult to see people turning at the corner.
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  • But the rented house on the corner had a bunch of kids and they used to always play in my driveway, often 15-20' in, without my permission. If they were too far down, you couldn;t see them
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  • between the house and the fence, so they were almost hit more than once. And they would soimetimes leave their toys and bikes in my driveway.
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  • I told their mom and dad to keep the kids and their stuff out of my driveway.
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  • They did not.
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  • So, the next time they left their toys their, the toys got cut up and put in the trash.
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  • And when their bikes were left there, I dragged them to the garage and cut the biked up with my Sawzall before putting them out for recycling.
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  • They were also running an illegal daycare. One woman and her sister watching 20-30 kids for the summer.
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  • So, the next time they raised a stink, I went down to city hall (where I was on a first name basis with Code Enforement, Streets and Buildings, and the Fire Chief) and explained to Code
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  • Enforcement what was going on. They contacted the right department, who sent people down. A month later, they were evicted.
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  • My neighbors now in my new home (in a new town) are actually very good and we all get along.
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  • Dangerous_Ant3260 I'm glad you got the daycare shut down, illegal daycares are banned where I live and for a good reason. They're dangerous to children for several reasons.
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  • WA_State_Buckeye My bestie had neighbor kids leaving toys and bikes and scooters in her driveway. She just started putting the bikes and scooters in her garage if she had to get out of her vehicle to move it.
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  • She had 2-3, took them to a women's shelter. They appreciated the donation. Suddenly there were no more bikes and scooters left in her driveway. I was sad, because I had been learning how to ride a scooter! lolol.
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  • hellosillypeopl Good job on the daycare shut down but cutting up a kids bike and being on a first name basis with the fire chief and code enforcement raises some questions.
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