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These Are the People in Your Neighborhood

By Margaret Lyons in Miscellaneous on Sep 25, 2007 9:35PM

2007_09_25_rotten.jpg"I am a mailman and I have delivered mail here and the woman who lives here screams at me to get off of her property. I have spoken to the other neighbors about her." Aw, poor Gary. Looks like he's getting his revenge by posting on Rotten Neighbor, another one of the many fabulous Google map mashups that never stop popping up. The Chicago area still seems a little light, so go fill 'er in — you've got time to kill before 5 p.m.

Many of the submissions are totally valid and helpful. But some really, really cracked us up. Highlights:

"Old woman walks around her apartment naked as a jailbird with furniture syndrome (chest in her drawers). It's pretty bad and like a train wreck — can't look away it's so gruesome." (Kenwood and Buena)

"This skinny lady is a homewrecker. Women — watch out as [redacted] will steal your man." (Oakley and Melrose)

"This guy brings home men and women ... and is LOUD with both of them. Not sure he even knows which way he swings. Looks a lot like Andy Dick." (Clark and Deming)

"Clowns clowns and more clowns. Every morning noon and night we hear circus music and even though it's a very small house there must be more then a thousand clowns in there. Big clowns small clowns skinny clowns and fat clowns. It's unreal." (Ogden and Kostner)