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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Sarah Lumley

The top 20 neighbourly annoyances - including loud music and ignoring pet mess

The average adult hasn’t spoken to their neighbour for three weeks – but millions enjoy ‘passive aggressive’ posts on community social media pages.

A study of 2,000 UK adults found 56% of those in local online groups report sniping and backbiting, with 34% describing it as pure entertainment.

And 47% have shared information with their friends and family about certain posts, because they were so outrageous or amusing.

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