Beautiful but there is a "but"...
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9/18/2018
Hayden is beautiful, but all of North Idaho is getting very crowded. Wages are low; cost of living has gotten pretty high. Maybe we just have bad luck, but we live in a neighborhood where the neighbors turn each other in often for loud music, dogs barking. We have heard these things but chose to ignore it. But since we are the newest, some think it's us. There is no respect for private property in our neighborhood. They park on your grass. The kids ride bikes through others' yards. One of the neighbors reported us for putting some boulders along our grass edge. The neighbor had been parking in our grass and had used his plow to tear up our grass and make room for his truck in the snow. When we asked him to stop, he retaliated by revving his truck past our house for months and turning us in for the rocks. The City of Hayden/sheriff's department was okay with him tearing up our yard and harassing us. They were not okay with our rocks and said we did not get the proper permit. I am 52 and have not even had a speeding ticket, and we were treated like criminals. We were threatened with six days in jail and a $1000.00 fine if we did not remove the boulders. I had no idea we needed a permit and offered to obtain one. They mentioned I didn't get the proper permit and then told me they wouldn't have approved it anyway. The rocks were not permanent, and they were not obstructing anything. They were placed five feet apart with plenty of room for water flow which we don't typically have problems with anyway. We were going to pull them in further before the snowy season just in case they might be too close to the snow plows. The City of Hayden was much more concerned with our criminal activity with the rock placement than my neighbor vandalizing and harassing. We will not be staying. Maybe the law abiding citizens will move away, and they will be left with harassing-types of people instead. I have loved North Idaho for almost 20 years but have regretted living where we are now. Again, maybe we just had bad luck with these neighbors and the City of Hayden. Sad.
D. | Hayden, ID