Postcards: Tales from Nextdoor and the Naples “Mom Page”

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Dear Fellow Expat:

Nextdoor.com is a social media site allowing neighbors to discuss all things local… 

Restaurant reviews, updates about loose dogs, requests for handymen, gardening tips, and – of course – rants and insults over politics. 

One of the nice things about Nextdoor is the lack of anonymous accounts. People must speak under their own name and list their community. 

Of course, that doesn’t stop some people from displaying how out of their minds they are. 

One woman in my neighborhood has never written a positive review of any local restaurant in the area. 

“I wouldn’t eat there again if ya’ paid me…” she types…

I imagine her voice is cranky and rusted, the product of 30 years of Kool cigarettes and Drambuie. “I wouldn’t eat there…”

It was a good punchline at first, but now it’s tired—the social media rendition of Fonzie jumping the shark on Happy Days. 

The most common Nextdoor complaints come from people who moved to Florida and joined communities with Homeowners Associations (HOAs…