To all of those westside noise bemoaners, I have a simple proposition for you. I am willing to trade you straight across, my eastside abode for yours. I don’t care about the size or condition of your house, I’m just looking to get back to the neighborhood that I was priced out of about eight years ago. I have a nice, humble home of about 1300 square feet, built in 1999.

Here is what makes this deal so sweet for you: my neighborhood is boring, dead boring. I promise you there will be no signs or sounds of anyone having fun—and not just after 10 pm, but EVER! You definitely will never have to deal with any bar-goers being responsible, yet rude, by walking and talking past your house at midnight, as nothing is within walking distance. Plus, if you have a heart attack because someone is playing live music or just in the midst of general merriment after 10 pm, the hospital is only four blocks away.

Sounds like a win-win to me. We just found ourselves on the wrong side of town.

 

 

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Peace and Quiet Awaits on the Eastside

by Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon
June 6, 2012

<h1>Peace and Quiet Awaits on the Eastside</h1> <p class="byline">by Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />June 6, 2012</p> <p><p />To all of those westside noise bemoaners, I have a simple proposition for you. I am willing to trade you straight across, my eastside abode for yours. I don't care about the size or condition of your house, I'm just looking to get back to the neighborhood that I was priced out of about eight years ago. I have a nice, humble home of about 1300 square feet, built in 1999.<br /> </p> <p>Here is what makes this deal so sweet for you: my neighborhood is boring, dead boring. I promise you there will be no signs or sounds of anyone having fun—and not just after 10 pm, but EVER! You definitely will never have to deal with any bar-goers being responsible, yet rude, by walking and talking past your house at midnight, as nothing is within walking distance. Plus, if you have a heart attack because someone is playing live music or just in the midst of general merriment after 10 pm, the hospital is only four blocks away.</p> <p>Sounds like a win-win to me. We just found ourselves on the wrong side of town.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/peace-and-quiet-awaits-on-the-eastside-2178200/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=19790&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/peace-and-quiet-awaits-on-the-eastside-2178200/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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