This is the view out the northern window in my bathroom. My neighbor has been cleaning their yard for years, which has just involved them piling garbage in a trailer. The trailer has never been emptied, and At this point I doubt they could move it without the majority of the trash falling out.
Luckily the fence on that side of the yard is 6 feet, so I do not really see the trash under normal circumstances.
Sounds like they’ve been contacted by their local solid waste department who was lazy about how most sanitary codes don’t define garbage in a trailer as solid waste.
It’s one of the dumber and common loopholes, but a health department with resources (legal and political) would actually require progress at eliminating the garbage since the loophole is based on staging waste for removal.
States and local juridiction vary wildly.
Gawt damn.
The trash heap has spoken!
Holy shit, is that fraggle rock?!?
no bylaws against stuff like this? we typically have bylaws against this for reasons like rodent attraction
Do you want Skaven? Cause this is how you get Skaven.
They just don’t want me to build my rat army because I will become unstoppable.
Hey Willard, how’s Ben?
Cute! Also the cat does not seem to care.
That’s quite the trash stack
That’s a mighty fine trash pile right there.
See, this would be a good use of AI.
Just have skynet fly a drone over there and blow the pile to kingdom come.
Man could you just imagine what could happen if someone walking by just happened to flick a lit cigarette or 20 into that pile?
When I clicked to see the image, I was honestly expecting the trash pile to be a Tesla Truck.
It will eventually get heaped on there no doubt.
Stick a hedge made of cypress trees or something else dense and tall there?
Ha ha what a horror. Where do you live, and can’t you do something about it?
Shoot fire arrows at it!
Check the wind first.
Depending on your locality, your town, county, or state may have laws against this. They’re often health department statues against providing something that attracts pests like rats and snakes.
I think the cat is happy with the view
Probably enjoying the entertainment all the rodent activity provides
Came here for this, call housing code enforcement. If they exist where you are.
Alternatively, OP could try talking to their neighbor about it instead of getting the state involved. Maybe even offering to help them clean it up? Getting the authorities involved could cost the neighbor money or have bad repercussions and we don’t know what their circumstances are.
Show off 🥲
Good thing you don’t live under an HOA. They are authoritarian pricks who go around telling people they can’t pile up trash in their yards where it is visible to others.
This was my first thought as well.
It’s funny how many online people turn into libertarians the moment an HOA is mentioned.
You don’t need to live in a HOA for that. I don’t think we even have those in my country, but the local council here would act if alerted to this.
So, in your country, the government acts like an HOA.
More like the HOAs want to act like a government. But we already have governments. We don’t need two of them.
So the highest level of government should be policing this? You don’t think there should be any form of local government?
We already have local governments, too. What a reductive take.
You said you don’t need two governments.
Yeah I’ll take ugly neighborhoods over predatory organizations run by nimby’s designed to keep housing prices up.
Its honestly a USA problem. We have HOAs in my country too but they don’t suck.
With all the outrage you see on american social media in regard to HOAs you’d think they would make some laws and guidelines to make it work better.
I don’t get it’s its always wild to me to see HOAs being run by the shittiest of people in your country and apparently they can do whatever they want.
“I don’t get it’s its always wild to me to see HOAs being run by the shittiest of people in your country and apparently they can do whatever they want.”
I envy your naivitivity and competence in government. That’s literally just how all leadership works here. I’m so fucking tired dawg.
Yeah, they would say NIYBY to your garbage pile. And that could make their homes more desirable to buy and live in (“keep housing prices up”). Definitely don’t want that.
Unironically yes, new families affording homes is more important than a return on investment for people who are privileged enough to own them.
Housing as an investment is fucked, and nobody but the individuals living their should own a home.
Not allowing investment properties is different than not allowing eyesores. I don’t think you want to keep prices down by letting the place go to shit.
