[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Shadywood

Who cares? This is supposed to be a retirement community, not a morgue. If you paint your house purple and erect a purple elephant statue in your front yard, right next to me, I might say something, but who cares what you do with your backyard?

(By the way, I actually had a neighbor once in Texas who did that. She wound up buying my house rather than remove the purple elephant! In fact, she eventually bought up the entire street, renamed it "Street of Dreams" and turned it into an art colony!)

An art colony sounds infinitely more interesting than the sardine cans of the courtyard villa neighborhoods!