How many of you live relativity close to "trashy people"?

I've done that. No biggie. It's pretty common around here.

An example of my relative's lack of thrift and common sense---just the other day at my parents for Easter dinner, my brother and his wife wanted to know if we wanted this HUGE solid wood entertainment center they were getting rid of. He said it weighs about 400 lbs assembled. It's *very* nice, *very* large, sort of a classic Federalist style pediment on top, bun feet, definitely an 'upscale' piece of furniture. No one wanted it, mostly because no one has room for it, and my brother says "I'll just take it apart and set it out for the trash". I had to pipe up and say "Well that's just dumb. Why don't you ask someone where you work (family practice clinic) or where your wife works (oncology clinic) if they'd like to buy it, and make a little money for yourself".

The thought seemed to be genuinely new to him....

There's a lot of people around here who think trash (tv dinner boxes, crushed empty milkjugs, empty plastic bags, etc) is not trash but good worthwhile metal scrap, running lawnmowers and whole concrete blocks are trash. They also think vehicles more than 10 years old are trash. And they think they should have the right to tell people they can't store useful material in their buildings. I think they should move to one of those expensive areas where they would fit right in with their dandelion-free lawn that gets mowed twice a week and watered (on a WELL) daily during the heat of the summer. Wait until I bring in a dump trailer of horse manure and spread it on my "field".

We are considered "trashy people" by those neighbors.

Do you "rubber neck" at junk piles on the curb when you drive by? I won't dig through people's trash but if I have been known to pick up an item or two that was plainly visible and not sitting IN the trash.

My mom won't let my sister or I pick anything up.
She always asks , What are you going to use that for? Where are you going to put it ?
We have to stealth pick.lol

YES!

See, my friend? We have much in common!

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I have an excellent disposal system for items I think I no longer need. I give them to a friend about 20 miles away who is only too happy to add them to his treasure stock.

I think we're the trashy neighbor too... Just this morning I was admiring my beautiful yard of dandelions, they look so cheerful compared to the golf course lawns across the street LOL

There is something wonderful about an entire yard, lawn, or field that is just covered in dandelions. I think they are just beautiful, and it always reminds me of when I was a small child, and we lived in a tiny little town. In the spring the yards would be covered in dandelion flowers, and as I was only about 3 or 4 at the time and correspondingly small, I was only a couple of feet above the level of all those thousands and thousands of flowers. I used to lay in them, on my back looking up at the sky and clouds, smell the flowers, watch the bees.... it's quite a vivid memory. Whenever I smell a dandelion, it immediately brings that memory to mind.

Well, the EPA at least usually ensures that careless people don't make other people's lives miserable by poisoning them, littering, etc.

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Those Two ole vans setting out there are my "gold investment" They've already appreciated at least 50% since they've been setting there. I have about a ton of "short steel" same same. If I haul it to the scrapyard now the money won't be worth near as much next year. When I actually need to cash it in I will, not now jist 'cause some dodo is Offended by the sight of it. It's not in sight of the road anyway so if they don't want to look at it jist stay ta h--- away!

I agree. See my prior post and tell me if you would want to live there not even able to open a window all summer. 1 phone call and they were forced to clean it up.

We didnt have another home within probably 50 acres yet they chose to bulldoze heaps of trash right through acres of woods to our property line. We had no prior bad experience with these people, they just decided to fill their back 40 with trash and we happened to live there.

I couldn't even swim in my pond with motor oil bubbling up in the ground, and began having epic sinus headaches despite never having any sinus issues my entire life prior.

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We should go to the flea market or "yard sale-ing" together. We would get into sooooo much trouble. LOL

Good point.

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That we would.... that we would

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