What do you do about sloppy neighbors?

[Anonymous]

Wow! it is amazing how many people with 1. shitty yards themselves and/or 2. terrible, chronic illnesses took the time to respond to this post.

(you can tell the shitty-yard-myself posters because they're all Leave it Alone OP You R Uptight!!!!!!)

I am sorry for the families with a family member with cancer. My mom died of cancer, I get it. However it is statistically impossible that all the shitty junky junk yards in my general neighborhood are that way because the husband or the wife has cancer or MS.

[Anonymous]

14:48 Charming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP Here. Wow, I've gotten some pretty intense responses and while some of them sting, I do appreciate the perspective. My main question for Ffx County residents, can't I just request bulk trash pick up online and put in their address?

Why don't you call the health department and inquire that way first, because there are boards with nails just off the sidewalk. As a back-up, don't you have a homeowner's association that you can contact?

[Anonymous]

OP - Is this really that difficult to figure out? Are you a doormat in other areas of your life? Sheesh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS and I walk home from daycare everyday (it's just up the street). One of the neighbors we pass always has an old large brush pile rotting in the front yard and festering with bugs, as well a large piece of plywood with rusty nails sticking out of it that is no doubt very interesting to my 18 mo. I don't know these neighbors at all but I get increasingly annoyed with the hazard every time we pass by. I know I should just knock on their door and ask them to remove this stuff but a) is it my place? and b) I frankly hate confrontation (piss-poor excuse I know). So my question is, what can I do? Could I call the county and request bulk trash/brush pickup for a home other than my own?

Is there an HOA? Doesn't sound as though there is. Just because you think it is a health hazard the local authorities may not agree. The thing is that as long as they keep the things that annoy you on your property and it isn't considered a health hazard, it is none of your business. Your children will be trespassing if they play on someone else's front lawn. Minding your own business, unless there is an eminent danger, is the best route to follow.

[Anonymous]

Ok, they aren't REAL sloppy neighbors. My parents neighbors have lived next door to them for 20 years and they have NEVER painted their doors, pressure washed their aluminum siding, removed the fake flowers from the flower boxes, washed their windows, fixed the collapsing garage roof, etc. My parents even paid to have the curtain of their driveway repaired because it pissed them off so much! It is definitely a blight on the value of my parents home. Talk about sloppy neighbors.

If this pile has been sitting on the lawn for 10 years, then do something about it, if not wait it out like most others do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Neighbor like you are so horrible. I have a neighbor who called the police because of a small pile of gravel that was frozen in our alley last winter. She sent a frantic email around demanding to know who had done this. She and or another nearby neighbor called the police about a car parked on private property neatly tucked against a garage. Neither of these situations were causing any harm to anyone, one the families was struggling mightily with a chronic illness and a parent's death in the other case. This neighbor had a son with cancer before--you would think she had learned some compassion for human suffering during that process--but apparently not. She had always excluded her neighbors for social gatherings and would make snide remarks about others' kids including mine to my face--so I shouldn't be surprised--but OP, you have no idea how much animosity you are building up when you do something so petty as this. You never know how a neighbor could help you or your child and family when you need them.

Petty, small, people always get what they deserve, and your neighbors will NEVER forget what an asshole you've been.

If everybody minded their business, criminals would be getting away with murder.


PP, I'd say you've got issues of your own. There's nothing wrong with OP's concerns or post.

pp. You are right. It is like allowing someone to get away with murder. Got me there. You're the one with issues if you think I condone everyone minding their own business. It's a matter of proportion. Everyone who disagrees with you has issues, right?

[Anonymous]

I'm not saying sloppy neighbors are acceptable but really OP, they might have a temper that you don't know about.

What if they kept calling public resources (DOH, etc.) on you for minor annoyances just because you started with them?

Sometimes it is not worth it to unknowingly bark up the wrong tree, you know?