Neighborhood peace gets fragile when two plastic birds suddenly become everyone’s business.

After finding a pair of clearance flamingos, one homeowner happily adds them to a freshly improved front garden.

Then neighbors start complaining that the decorations are tacky, bad for property values, and apparently worthy of a Facebook campaign.

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AITA for not taking down my yard flamingos after neighbors complained?

I bought a house a couple years ago and I have been working on making it look nicer. I spent a lot of time redoing the front gardens, trying to make it neat and nice.

I a few weeks ago was at a greenhouse buying some plants for the garden and I saw two yard flamingos marked down on clearance.

I knew they belonged in my garden.

They’re not everyone’s cup of tea, but I think they’re a lot of fun.

Her neighbor is one of the people who don’t like yard flamingos.

I set them up when I got home and a couple days later my neighbor was knocking on my door. She was demanding I take down my flamingos because they’re “extremely gauche” and “lowering the property value of the neighborhood”.

I told her I am not taking them down because I like them, and the property value isn’t going to be hurt by two yard flamingos.

I also don’t live in an HOA and as far as I am aware, there are no town ordinances about yard flamingos lol

Now, the whole neighborhood is taking sides.

She has posted pictures of my house, the street I live on, and a close up of my flamingos in our towns Facebook group to complain about them.

Some people agreed I should take them down.

After that, another neighbor came over to tell me to get rid of them.

My mom also agreed I should take them down to keep the peace with my neighbor.

She doesn’t want to take them down.

I like them, I smile when I see them when I pull into my driveway.

I have no plans to take them down.

AITA for not taking down my yard flamingos after some neighbors complained?

She’s not doing anything wrong. It’s her yard. She can decorate it however she wants.

Let’s see how Reddit reacted to this story.

I completely agree with this person’s suggestion.

Her mom should be on her side.

There’s nothing wrong with expressing your personality.

This person thinks she should call the police.

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A security camera is a good idea!

She kept the flamingos because they made her smile, and she was not violating any HOA or local rules by displaying them.

Commenters overwhelmingly backed her, with several joking that every new complaint should earn the yard another flamingo.

Seems like property values can survive two plastic birds, but some neighbors cannot.