Quiet Street Turns Into Reality Show

You always assume your street is normal. Peaceful. Predictable. Maybe even a little boring.

- SONJA BROWN

Mrs. Pretorius waters her plants in her gown every morning, Mr. Williams still washes his car shirtless in winter, and the neighborhood WhatsApp group is mostly about lost dogs, suspicious pigeons, and people asking, "Was that a gunshot or fireworks?"

And then...they moved in.

House number 8 had been empty for a few months. We thought it would be a nice family, maybe a quiet couple with a cat, or even better—someone who actually knew how to park properly. Instead, we got...let me call them the Chopras.

The wife is Neha Chopra, queen of confrontation.