Imagine having a child who loves to play soccer and wants to practice all the time. If you had a house with a big enough yard, would you put a soccer goal in the yard?

In this story, one homeowner does just that, but then a neighbor complains. The situation escalates pretty quickly, and the police even get involved.

Keep reading to see how the story plays out.

Permanent structure? Okay!

I grew up in an okay town that has since become a bit…snobbier.

I was driving down my old street last year and i saw my old neighbor, Andrea, sitting on her front porch, so i stopped in to say hi.

Turning into the driveway, i noticed a regulation sized soccer goal in her next door neighbor’s small front yard….which is VERY out of sync with the rest of the neighborhood.

It made me laugh a little.

She learned more about the soccer goal.

After a quick catch up, i learned a couple of things: she’s the last of my old neighbors who still lives on the street and the neighborhood has become very “keeping up with the jones’ “ with the exception of her next door neighbor.

I asked about the soccer goal, and here is the story:

The neighbor has a young daughter who loves soccer. She would spend hours in the front yard kicking goals into a small goal anchored in the front yard with tent spikes.

Apparently, another neighbor (they don’t know who, but they suspect the people directly across the street) complained to the township because of the “semi-permanent structure” in the front yard.

The police even got involved!

The neighbor got upset….obviously, it was basically a toy in the front yard!

Cops came to their house, they got a warning.

Then they thought it would be ok as long as they took it down when they weren’t home, but nope.

Cops were called again and they were fined WHILE the daughter was using it! The fine said something about having a semi-permanent (because of the tent stakes) structure.

They decided to make the goal permanent.

Cue malicious compliance: they weren’t allowed to have a semi-permanent structure, but they COULD have a permanent structure!

So, they went, got a permit from the township, dug the holes, filled it with concrete, and built a regulation sized goal and hung the permit on one of the poles!

Now the mystery neighbor has to look at that goal every day

At least the little girl can play soccer whenever she wants now! That’s a huge win! Hopefully it taught the other neighbor that complaining can really backfire.

Let’s see how Reddit responded to this story.

This person loves how the story ended.

Here’s another story about a ridiculous law.

One person couldn’t resist some puns.

An attorney weighs in.

I love how the little girl’s parents didn’t give up.

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