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February 14th, 2008 10:13 AM
Rotten Neighbors Outed on Web Site
RottenNeighbor.com is a Web site that lets people dish about their neighbors — both the good and the bad.

Type in any address and if someone has posted something negative about it, a bright red house pops up on top of the satellite image. Green house icons show up where the nice neighbors live.

There are more red icons than green ones, however. A typical venomous post says, “These are the dirtiest and most ignorant people I have ever met. Their house looks like a landfill.”

San Diego entrepreneur Brant Walker says he created the site after an unpleasant experience while moving into a new apartment with his girlfriend. Had he known what the neighbors were like, he wouldn't have moved there, he says.

Critics say the site, which gets more than 1 million hits a day, invades privacy and could make it difficult for an owner — or even an innocent neighbor — to sell a property.

Walker disagrees. "The flip side of the coin is that if someone is trying to sell their home, it wouldn't make sense for them to list bad neighbors," he says. "Everyone should try to be a better neighbor in the end."
Posted by Fred Hintenberger on February 14th, 2008 10:13 AMPost a Comment (0)
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