Is it OK to run through a community neighborhood where your home is not? (Read 1111 times)

I hope so, because I do it all the time! I love going to different cities and finding nice neighborhoods to run through. I found a beautiful section of San Antonio that my friend and I ran through. You can be nosier than if you were driving by in a car!

Sure, why not? I run through a neighborhood where Jags and Mercedes are a dime a dozen (I have a Civic and and Element. Neither new.) So I look out to spot if the Bentley is in the drive of one house. I wonder, what the hell do these people do? I tell ya, these peeps have like the only runnable streets around when it's really bad out.

I don't even understand why anyone would ask this question? Explain?

I don't even understand why anyone would ask this question? Explain?

I asked because I myself did trigger an event. I was out in my own neighborhood. As I passed on the sidewalk and heard some sounds coming out from a house so I stared into the window as I moved forward. After a while, the police came and stopped me and questioned me. They let me go after the issue was cleared. The fact that I lived in that neighborhood might help solve the issue quickly. The cops asked where I live and the name of my immediate neighbor. They held me not moving and actually sent another cop to teh address I told them to be my home and asked my wife if I did live there. It was during the night after 10:00PM. So I figured if running in a neighborhood during nighttime might upset some people. I don't know how that neighrbor reported to the cops but my impression from cops questions was that the cops thought I came close to the window as if I was right under the window peeping into thw house. Nevertheless it seemes I inspired some admiration from cops when I told them I had run a marathon.

I'd have an awfully boring loop if I stuck to my own neighborhood. All the big houses are up on the hill here so I can drool and run my hill training at the same time. I suppose hill repeaters COULD be mistaken for prowling. Of course it isnt so much drooling now as feeling good about not being in foreclosure like most of the big homes on the hill. Company parking lots are a totally different matter. If it was a place like Target or other store I would say you would be fine, but where I used to work (semiconductor manufacturer) you would be trespassing and depending on how bored the security guard was you might get stopped and asked to leave. I doubt they would do anything more unless you kept coming back.

I enjoy running all over town - I like to see what is going on and I see plenty while on my feet. Lately I've been amazed by all the tree damage all over town due to a bad ice storm we had in mid-December. In the spring I enjoy watching everything bloom - in fall I enjoy the falling leaves and pretty colors - in winter I enjoy the xmas decorations and like having the pavement to myself.

I sometimes run through some nice neighborhoods, pretty far from my home and the residents seem to tolerate us well enough. Some of them even allow us to drop off water on their lawns/offer us water during the summer for our group runs.