with time, I got used to having my grow close to neighbors without me worrying at all. the entry of my basement is on a common stairway, and when i go in there i would keep the door open and light on, this looks so much more normal than seeing me getting out of a dark basement, and I have tools and stuff that are the perfect excuse for a guy to spend some free time there. I have had people go in with no problems, I feed their curiosity early on and get it done with, they think they know whats in the basement, and don't want to go there again. I actually get foreign workers to go in my growroom and work there when my plants are out, and they are ignorant clueless poor people and they could not tell what they are building, and when they see my veggies seeds sprouting in my cloning chamber, they think that this is an indoor nursery for my veggies greenhouse. IMO paranoia is another reason that people are suspicious, like "neighbors keep to themselves", well if I had to close up on myself and be paranoid all the time, then i'd rather not grow. I always treated mj like wat it was, a plant. my first ever grow was on an open roof, i was still at school, i took my shots and just placed them in huge buckets up there, a lot of people saw it, some commented on it, but i pretended that its just some bird feed residues that sprouted, i never cared less if cops would know and it just passed and was harvested with no issues.
