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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I still don’t understand why you can’t leave the tea cans in the alley on trash day. That’s what most people do around me. Obv you can’t leave them there during the week.

Some people have space because they have a parking pad or an in fenced yard (like us) but some people do not and just leahe their cans outside their fence. Yes it blocks the alley a bit but that’s city life on trash days. [/quote]

True. If that's your official "trash collection point" per DPW, then it's an apppropriate use of public space.  But OP's issue is that the alley (collectively) had come to a solution that let them maximize the use of the commons for everyone. Now the new neighbors want to disrupt that for their selfish reasons. [/quote]

It sounds like theiy’re maximizing the use of space for everyone but the new neighbor.[/quote]

No, if OP has to put their trash cans in the alley, then nobody (including new neighbor) can drive through it on trash days.  [/quote]

Wouldn’t OP have room on her property if she didn’t have it fenced all the way to the line in order to maximize her own use of space? Move the fence in three feet and then there’s plenty of room for trash cans.[/quote]

We have no idea what OP's property line is like.  Moving a fence likely impacts the neighboring lot as well, and could be quite pricey.  Plus the fence could belong to the adjoining lot, another can of worms. Yes, of course, as a matter of pure property rights (unless there's an easement) OP could be told that there's no other solution.  But the point is, when you live in very close quarters and have to share -- I mean your houses literally abut other houses! -- having an attitude like that is not going to get you very far.  Property rights purists should probably stay in Montana.  [/quote]

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