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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. We had no idea this was private property; it's a strip of grass outside his fenced-in back yard. We saw cans there the first time we put out our trash out 10+ years ago, as well as cans on other similar patches of grass up and down the alley. It's been the convention on the block that these patches of land outside of fenced-in yards are where cans get picked up on trash day. Anywhere from 1 to 3 houses' cans are on a given patch. It wasn't until this new neighbor told me that this patch outside his fence is his private property that it occurred to us: technically, these patches aren't all part of the alley's communal space (at least, not according to this neighbor).

No one is questioning that he has the right to dictate whether and how his property is used by others. He's just not generating any good will here. [/quote]

This is the convention in our alley as well.  The alley has a narrow part and a wider part -- any cans in the narrow part would block all cars (and the trash truck).  Neighbors cluster their cans on certain unused strips that are most likely on the lots of certain houses but unused.  Nobody seems to have an issue with it, for obvious reasons.  Sorry that you had a newcomer ruin it! Hopefully you can move your cans to another spot.  [/quote]

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