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Um, duh, I had a blonde moment! I thought it said who would you MOST like to have as a next-door neighbor.
Okay, so I accidentally voted for the gay couple as who I would most like to have as a next-door neighbor. But it turns out that it was actually least like to have as a next-door neighbor. Don't mind me...
I agree. I look at how nutty people get about having a sex offender living within a mile of their house. I guess a lot of those same people would be just fine with a bank robber living next door to them. They never seem to complain about things like that.
Yeah, I mean, the sex offender could be someone who had a relationship with someone who was just a few years younger but one was legal and the other was not. I know I'd prefer that to someone who I found out had broken into someone else's house and killed the person.
The evangelical christian because they tend to go overboard in trying to save heathens like myself, and I would find that tiring. Now, an 'Ill pray for you' is fine --- a long sermon on the firey hell that awaits me if I don't accept Jesus as my savior is not.
This got me laughing out loud! I'm sure I'd feel the same way.
I was about to pick "I could live with any of them," and that is probably the most honest answer for me... but I ended up choosing Evangelical Christian, just because it was boring not to pick one. In reality I have no problem with living next to anyone, and I've had just about EVERY type of neighbor you could imagine - gay couples, religious folks (all religions), crack dealers, immigrant families, you name it! But among the type of people you listed, I think the Evangelical could be the biggest nuisance to me. That's only if they proselytized me & my roommates, though, so otherwise I would happily live next-door to them.
I could get along with any of the listed people if they weren't jerks. None of the attributes you list determine that the people so described either will or won't be jerks.
Ok, I realize that my reply was kind of confusing. I voted for the quiet, gay couple for who I'd want to be my next-door neighbors because I live in San Francisco and in apartments, quiet is key. But it turns out that the poll was actually asking who we would LEAST want to have as next-door neighbors in which case I would probably choose the stripper or the Christian depending on other variables. So, yep, that was my blonde moment of the day. I swear I'm not usually that dumb, only sometimes.
I chose "Evangelical Christian". Fundamentally, what I wouldn't be able to accept from a neighbor is to be judged or told what to do. The Evangelical is in the name because if you are an "Evangelical Christian", you are supposed to "evangelize", i.e.: proselytize. First rule, in my book, of being a good neighbor is to butt out of other people's business. I'd think that someone from a group whose whole purpose is to proselytize would be the most likely to feel justified sticking their noses in my business.
That being said, I would still be warm and welcoming to them as my neighbors- I would most definitely give them a chance to prove themselves. I wouldn't be put off by stereotypes- I'd give that person a chance to show that they are respectful of other people and their boundaries before I'd even consider writing them off. Despite the purpose and the name "evangelical", I think that the vast majority of them are kind, decent people like anyone else who sees that for the most part our choices are between us and God- whether or not we believe in the latter.
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