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Originally Posted by Pennster
This is something that wouldn't bother me - streets are public, paid for by taxes, and open to anyone. I pretty much expect that anyone going by my house might have a look at it, and it's one of the reasons I decorate it with flowers and wreaths and cut the lawn and try to make the outside look decent. If I thought I was the only one who would ever look at it I'd not bother with any of that.
I've never had the impulse to drive by a therapist's house, but I don't think it's an inherently bad thing to do. I do often pass the houses of people that I know because they are on my way somewhere, and do no more than have a little gawk to see if they might be home while thinking warmly of them.
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Sure, streets are public, but that's not relevant, since I'm not claiming anything illegal or bad is happening when someone drives by another's house. I'm also not asking about just anyone passing by, though. I'm asking about someone you know going out of their way to check out your house. The idea of a student going out of their way to see where I live makes me uncomfortable. I think it would make a good number of people uncomfortable; all of this was first said in response to another poster who wondered why this is such a hot-button issue. And I think that's why.