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Thanks Jason!
I live in a townhome that has 4 "homes" per building and the backyards are not huge, but I bet I can still plant these back there. I am in the middle (I have one neighbor to my left and 2 to my right).
I'll take a picure of the back yard and attach it to a post tomorrow.
Scott, I bet you live in a regular house and have a good size yard (with an HOA) right?
Thank you!

Yeah, It's a large 2 story (40x40 footprint), with about half the backyard taken up by pool. I think the lot size is about 1/3 of an acre. With this year's bamboo shoots I now have some bamboo taller than the house!

My yard is the one with 2 palm trees and the little green box thing.
I would be wanting to put the bamboo against the wall and there is only about 2-3 feet,
but you can see that the people down at the far end put in some railroad posts and made
their plants deeper. I would just have to leave enough room for a lawn mower to get by.
The width is 35 feet and I would bet my 2 neighbors would like it to spread onto their part.

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So, what do you think?

How far from the wall are those power lines? In the picture it looks like they might be directly over the wall. That may be a concern with planting the bamboo against the wall.

It's not as close as it looks. The pole is 8 feet away from the wall and the wall is about a foot thick.
The bottom line is at least 25 feet up (whatever normal for the ground wire is).
I am thinking about Bambusa sp. 'Richard Waldron', which gets only 10-12' tall.
Sherry Snodgress at Tropical Bamboo (I emailed her) said that would be good, but she did not know if
it was salt tolerant.

I had asked about Bambusa textilis ssp. dwarf (which I seen on the web only reaches 18 feet),
she said she had that kind, but it can get 25-30 feet. 18 feet would be great, but 25-30 would not.
Don't know who to trust, information on the internet or what LOL...

I also noticed a Bambusa glaucophylla (Maylay Dwarf) type that looks good as it only reaches 15 feet in height.
I found these on this website http://www.bamboo.ws/for%20sale%20list.htm

She also mentioned this in her email, which I am curious about:

Before you buy bamboo anywhere you should be aware of the pink bamboo mealybug that was spread around the state in the '04 hurricanes.
Some people ignore and some people hate it. If you think you will hate it, I encourage you to not plant bamboo.

Thanks for your help!

I'll get some current pics of my yard so you can compare and get some idea of what to expect. As for B Richard Waldron it's kind of a hard bamboo to find in large quantities. I believe there are a few other multiplex varieties that grow less than 20 feet.