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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2015 21:00:39 GMT
We lived about six blocks from this house for 9 years. My personal opinion is that it's a freakin' miracle they owner tolerated the tourists for this long. People were SO disrespectful of their property, even though they were way more accommodating than most people would be. And of course, now people online are complaining about their decision to finally try to have some privacy in their own home. Can you imagine getting to the point where you'd put those tarps up over all your windows?!? So, if you visit Astoria, please leave the house alone! Link to article |
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Post by Dori~Mama~Bear on Aug 18, 2015 21:05:42 GMT
Good for her. She has the right to live in peace. I can understand the love of the movie but I can not understand the need to go to somebodies private home and stand there and stare at it.
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Post by disneypal on Aug 18, 2015 21:12:59 GMT
I feel bad they had to resort to that. I understand people's curiosity but some people just go overboard.
I have friends that own the "Driving Miss Daisy" house and they don't care if people drive by or stand on the sidewalk and take a picture but I'm amazed that people will come up to the door and ask if they can see inside. It is a private residence! They have private residence signs and no trespassing signs but it doesn't stop some people. Luckily they don't get that a lot but it does happen from time to time.
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Post by macaddict on Aug 18, 2015 22:27:08 GMT
I do love that movie! I would take a picture but never approach the house.
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Post by oh yvonne on Aug 18, 2015 22:29:09 GMT
The Brady Bunch house in Toluca Lake has its own Yelp rating and everything. That's just crazy. I could never live in a house that 'famous'. I'd never be able to relax, omg. That's terrible.
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Post by brina on Aug 18, 2015 22:37:50 GMT
Wow, that is just awful.
I live not far from the Home Alone house and other than a few newspaper articles when it was sold a few years ago it is rare to see much attention paid. But I guess the town hasn't played it up as a tourist attraction either, which seems to be where the trouble started for the Goonies house.
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Post by breetheflea on Aug 18, 2015 22:47:05 GMT
I've been there and taken a picture, from the road. Pretty much the same picture as the newspaper article minus the tarps.
I would not want to live in a famous house.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2015 23:02:10 GMT
The stinky thing of this is how much it's changed in just the last few years. She's lived there for a long time, and it wasn't like this until the last five years or so. A lot of that is due to there being a lot more people visiting Astoria in general in the past few years - it has really turned around in the last 10-15 years from a dying town reliant on dying natural industries to a vibrant community with a more diverse economy (a lot of which is tourism). It's great that the town is so much healthier than it used to be, but things like this are a real downside to the positive changes.
And of course, people online are saying, "she bought the house knowing it's the Goonies house - she deserves what she gets" - but they just don't understand the HUGE differences in volume of visitors to the community back then and now. It used to be manageable for owner. Now, not so much.
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Post by breetheflea on Aug 18, 2015 23:04:28 GMT
The stinky thing of this is how much it's changed in just the last few years. She's lived there for a long time, and it wasn't like this until the last five years or so. A lot of that is due to there being a lot more people visiting Astoria in general in the past few years - it has really turned around in the last 10-15 years from a dying town reliant on dying natural industries to a vibrant community with a more diverse economy (a lot of which is tourism). It's great that the town is so much healthier than it used to be, but things like this are a real downside to the positive changes. And of course, people online are saying, "she bought the house knowing it's the Goonies house - she deserves what she gets" - but they just don't understand the HUGE differences in volume of visitors to the community back then and now. It used to be manageable for owner. Now, not so much. This summer there was a big 30th anniversary event. I'm sure there has been a lot more traffic than usual because of that. When I was there, for all of 15 seconds in 2006 we were the only people on the entire street. |
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Post by Nicole in TX on Aug 19, 2015 0:20:35 GMT
Read the comments to see the opinions of the Goonies fans. They don't understand the concept of private property, apparently.
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Post by littlefish on Aug 19, 2015 0:31:36 GMT
Oh, man. I was just there last month. We followed the signs, parked by the school, and stayed off the property beyond the donation box, as requested. Snapped a couple of pictures and were on our way. We were there pretty early in the morning so we only saw a handful of other people walking there and back.
It's a little disappointing but I respect her decision.
What were people looking for by peering in the windows, the statue that Chunk broke?
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Post by lisacharlotte on Aug 19, 2015 1:39:11 GMT
I live near Warren Buffet's house. Every May during the Berkshire Hathaway meeting people swarm the neighborhood to get selfies in front of the house. Thankfully it's not anything like this magnitude and the "fans" are not just random tourists. I will say this year there were more than normal.
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Post by roundtwo on Aug 19, 2015 2:19:06 GMT
The commentator "Lucky Vine" is a real gem - can you imagine if she has kids how much fun she would be for teachers??!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2015 2:46:53 GMT
The commentator "Lucky Vine" is a real gem - can you imagine if she has kids how much fun she would be for teachers??!! I love the way she's upvoting all her own comments. Idiot. |
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Post by candygurl on Aug 19, 2015 4:07:48 GMT
I admit we drove by about 7-8 years ago If not more. Just drove by no pictures. People are crazy and need to respect her house. I would tolerate picture and standing on the sidewalk near the house, but not coming inside or standing on my front lawn.
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Post by raindancer on Aug 19, 2015 12:13:00 GMT
We lived about six blocks from this house for 9 years. My personal opinion is that it's a freakin' miracle they owner tolerated the tourists for this long. People were SO disrespectful of their property, even though they were way more accommodating than most people would be. And of course, now people online are complaining about their decision to finally try to have some privacy in their own home. Can you imagine getting to the point where you'd put those tarps up over all your windows?!? So, if you visit Astoria, please leave the house alone! Link to articleHoly crap. Though in that amount of time I would have just been saving to build a wall. A tall wall with a security gate. And some big dogs. But wow. The comments on your article give a good highlight of what some of those people must be like to deal with. Man. |
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