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Have you ever had the city send you a letter telling you that you have to change something about your home? I have, a couple times actually. One time because our mailbox was broken, and another time because we needed to trim out trees. Both times, we fixed the issues because, honestly, the city was right. They were problems that needed to be fixed.

In this story, a woman gets letters from the city telling her to paint or replace her rusty door. Her door is rusty, but she seems frustrated at having to do anything about it.

Eventually, she caves because she wants the letters to stop, but she wants to tick off the city at the same time.

Let’s read all about it.

City said our front door was too rusty

Years ago, I was living with my cousin and her son, and we didnt live in the best neighborhood in our city.

None of the houses looked nice at all.

We basically lived in the hood.

But one day the city decided to try to gentrify our neighborhood to bring in more residence, and we had a very rusty front door.

The letters kept coming.

My cousin constantly got letters in the mail to either get a new door or paint over the rust or face a penilty.

We didnt have alot of money, so getting a new door wasnt an option for my cousin.

She would constantly get letters from the city everyweek it seemed like it.

My cousin was fed up with being harassed by the city.

The city didn’t say what color the door had to be.

My cousin and I went to home depot and she bought the most flamboyant orange color you could find in the paint section. We decided to pain the front door that color.

The city was trying to fight my cousin about it because it was obnoxious, But since we painted it the city couldnt do anything about it.

To this day the door is still the color orange and my cousin will still paint over it to make it look brand new.

I love it! A bright orange door actually sounds really cheerful.

Let’s see how Reddit responded to this story.

Here’s a petty idea.

Another person would’ve done the same thing.

This person wouldn’t have tried to hide the rust.

Another person shares their perspective.

I get wanting to be petty and paint the door a rust color, but if money’s tight, you don’t want to waste it on something the city might still complain about.

I like her paint choice. It’s definitely unusual and sure to stand out, but it probably makes her smile every time she sees it. That’s the best part.

Following the rules doesn’t have to be boring.