QUESTION: What’s one thing you love, and one thing you hate about your neighborhood?
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QUESTION: What’s one thing you love, and one thing you hate about your neighborhood?
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I live in Dana Estates. I love my neighborhood, nice neighbors, very few “junk/hoarder” houses, but the one complaint I have is, the lovely individuals who slowly drive through in the wee hours of the morning blasting music with their blown out subwoofers in their crappy beat up hooptie.
The one thing I used to love was the sereness.
The one thing I hate is being overrun by the arrogant,
disrespectful, and inconsiderate, illegal invaders.
Not too much positive around here these days…but things that I hate about the city I live in are the out of control crime, trash flowing through our streams like water, trash lining our streets and open fields, homeless pitching tents in our open spaces. Weeds growing more abundantly than trees or flowers. There are alot more unfortunately and this used to be such a beautiful slow country suburb.
I love the safe neighborhood. I hate the street sweepers…..all they do around here is stir up dust.
Love?, … more like, LIKE, …. my neighbors.
Dislike the crumbly road(s) without sidewalks.
Love / like – my neighbors – now…. took a long time to oust a “problem” but knock on wood, their successors will be much better
Dislike – has succumbed to the loss of quiet serene “bedroom community” type neighborhood. The school commuters that drive through the neighborhood like a bat out of heXX to get their kids to school instead of taking the major thoroughfares. The city has posted “No U-turn” signs but nobody pays attention to them
Friendly neighbors
Convince location
Small community condo
Low HOA fee
I love the weather, the proximity to stores and restaurants, the lack of proximity to a freeway and the people. I don’t love the overhead power and telephone lines in my neighborhood.
We paid for years toward having those wires under-grounded…but AT&T found renting line space to cable, other phone services etc was a better idea for their bottom line. Now there are more than three times as many–double stacked.
The morning and afternoon Mommy Parade taking their brats to school. They jam the street, run stop signs, and won’t let you back out of your driveway. Whatever happened to walking to school or school buses?es
I love that all the seniors have moved out of the neighborhood and younger families like mine have moved in and they are all great neighbors.
We have a neighborhood park near by with just bbq grills. Wish we could have a playground or some kind of activities in the park to bring the neighbors even closer.
May I suggest Lawn Darts as an appropriate activity.
Some of my best neighbors are/have been senior citizens. Sounds like you have some unresolved issues from your past that need to be dealt with.
Live by John Muir Hospital Concord
Let’s see where to start !!!
police helicopters in pursuit all most every day and multiple times assisting police pursuits in our neighborhoods and 242 freeway. hmmm police chase everyday from scumbag criminals ambulance sires everyday fire vehicles everyday all of em and all night. The excrutiating noise from 242 and cherry on top loud exhaust empty dump trucks
a holes racing everyday. The sound of Bart 20 hours out of everyday. Jets from buchanon airfield our being directly under flight path. Homeless and their piles of crap everywhere garbage litter everywhere dirtbags in all of our parks. Traffic everywhere. gas prices taxes cost of living Did I mention dirt ags homeless scumbags inconsiderate rude people everywhere everything is pretty much weeds and brown potholes high rise apt going up everywhere oh yeah did I mention traffic bahahahah welcome to hell.
The good members of the Concord City Council have decided that you and your North Concord neighbors haven’t yet suffered enough, they want to fast track more high density housing downtown, want housing developed at both BART stations, 940 homes currently proposed for the military housing site, and will be voting on the agreement with the navy to acquire the base next Tuesday, so that developers can build 12,500 homes, with high density affordable housing surrounding the BART station. Get ready to enjoy the benefits of more housing, more people, and more traffic! That’s the Concord City Council looking out for the quality of life for you and your neighbors.
The County owns the airport. We used to get the courtesy of Noise Abatement for neighborhoods around the airport, but, the money neighborhoods moved South and West, so that seems to have been just too much work for them to try to maintain. The Concord City Council could certainly put a bug in the County’s ear though. You’re right about that. Where I live was not under a flight path, but the last few years, I swear, sometimes I duck. They sound like they’re close enough to clip a tree.
Flight Schools from Napa, Hayward, Fremont (and maybe others) come to Concord to play sky tag. Touch and Go will get you an invoice in the mail (under $20.) if anyone at the tower cares enough to track tail #s or count landings. You could call and ask about courtesy😁 Noise Abatement. ~~~Airport Manager
Greg Baer
181 John Glenn Dr, Suite 100
Concord, CA 94520
(925) 608-8000 (Office)
OwnerContra Costa County
181 John Glenn Dr, Suite 100
Concord, CA 94520
(925) 608-8000 (Office)
So what’s one thing you love?
Dude, if you’re stuck there get a fan for white noise, avoid areas where homeless congregate, and let the passing BART trains lull you to sleep.
And maybe turn that frown upside down and be a positive influence on your community
Otherwise, fly Eagle fly.
that hospital has been there for like 50 years. along with everything else you described. probably should have picked a different house
Concord was a different place 50 years ago.
●●●Concord had 30,000 fewer people 50 years ago with a population between 90,000-100,000.
●●●The hospital has been at that location for just short of 100 years.
●●●State Route 242 was a 2 lane roadway with a 4-way stop at Olivera Rd, with a much lower speed limit, and people didn’t exceed the speed limit as often or by as much as they do today.
●●●Port Chicago Highway was a 2 lane roadway.
●●●BART was only in service operation for about 3 years and downtown Concord was the end of the line.
●●●The slow moving Sacramento Northern freight train that ran beside Port Chicago Highway was just ending operations in downtown Concord.
●●●The slow moving Southern Pacific freight train had about one decade more of operation along Market St.
●●●Air traffic in and out of Buchanan Field was much lower than it is today.
●●●Dealing with the homeless wasn’t a real issue 50 years ago, except for the occasional Hobos riding the freight trains who’d ask stay at home mothers to make them a sandwich.
●●●Dead lawns, weeds, and trash in the streets were an extreme rarity 50 years ago, as home owners had more pride in their properties.
●●●The North and Central County communities of Concord, Clayton, Pleasant Hill, Martinez, and Walnut Creek had about 100,000 fewer people.
●●●The East County communities of West Pittsburg/Bay Point, Pittsburg, Antioch, Oakley, Brentwood, Bethel Island, Knightsen, Discovery Bay, and Byron had about 275,000 fewer people than today, and the Streets of Concord (A Quinn Martin Production) weren’t being used for car chases and shortcuts for cut through traffic.
●●●The city of Port Chicago and the town of Nichols had only been destroyed by the navy fewer than 7-8 years before and Port Chicago Highway was still open to traffic and used by residents until it was closed to civilian traffic in the 1990s.
●●●North Concord citizens, like SamTheEagle, have every right to be angry at what’s been forced on them by government.
Love everything about living in Walnut Country/Crossings
The Crossings was a great place to raise a family, and we loved having the greenbelt, pools, and playgrounds available. But I sure did hate to see the smokestack go.
I love not having to answer to an HOA, even if it means acting like an adult when dealing with inconsiderate neighbors.
What I don’t like is the lack of walkability here. I can’t get off our cul-de-sac without risking my life and the lives of my dogs on a high-speed country road without shoulders.
Community feel. But damn near everybody walking has a dog or dogs. No need for me to go to a dog show, I get about 50 a day. And the owners are on their phones oblivious of what their dog or dogs are doing to my property.
I live in Canterbury Village. It is safe here. Most neighbors are friendly. Lots of folks go whole hog for Halloween and Xmas decorations 🙂
The thing I am not crazy about it that some folks roll through the 4 way stop during early morning hours.
Love my simpler way of life. Despise Electric
Scooters speeding by on the sidewalk, which is illegal
with no regard for my safety, having almost been hit
twice.
The quantity of and poorly timed stoplights throughout the city of Concord. It is almost as if the powers that be want travel by automobile to be as unpleasant as possible.
Love: Location.
Dislike: The soccer mom Indy 500 every morning.