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AUSTIN, TX — (BUSINESS
WIRE) Americans fed up with terrible neighbors have been actively
contributing data–including the street, city and a description of the
bad behavior–to a new real estate search tool that focuses exclusively
on the “neighbor-space.”
Posts on awful–and the occasional great–neighbors already number
in the hundreds of thousands, making a search of the site in virtually
any city turn up productive information for the potential renter or
homebuyer. The site, www.RottenNeighbor.com,
features user-contributed post titles as diverse as “Nosey Neighbors,
Pine Hills, FL” and “The most unfriendly town EVER, Little Falls, NY.”
The site has taken on a life of its own, with multiple mentions on
The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Early Show, CNN.com, The New
York Post and as one of Google Trends’ hottest searches. What started
with a few local news briefs quickly became a phenomenon that captured
the attention of the national press, and has continued to grow virally
through word-of-mouth and blog coverage.
Founder Brant Walker, talking about the potential for the site, said
that “there has never been anything like this before, where people can
use the Internet to do neighbor research before they move. I just think
we’re giving people an incredibly valuable service here.”
Users can search RottenNeighbor by zip code to get access to
detailed maps of states, counties, cities and neighborhoods. They can
also upload their own good or rotten neighbors to the database, filling
in the gaps and ensuring a more complete picture of their respective
neighborhoods.
Added Walker: “We believe that when someone goes to make one of the
biggest decisions in their lives–where to live–that they should have
the maximum amount of information freely available to them. No one else
is giving them this information, so we hope people will turn to www.RottenNeighbor.com when they think about moving.”
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I want it back!!! I need to return it. LOL
Then I thought, “What would a true geek do??” Voila:
