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

whiskeylivewire · #81 04/21/11, 01:25 PM

Everytime I read this thread, the song "Trashy Women" by Confederate Railroad goes through my head lol

RebelDigger · #82 04/21/11, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by laughaha

Oh I feel your pain!!!! I swear the trash grows in the dirt!!! Get one area picked up and the next spring you have to go all over it again- I think the freezing/heaving is bringing it up. SOOOO annoying, especially since none of it was ours, but it is now

Our trashy neighbors are one of my BIL's- they are AWFUL, throw it everywhere. I wouldn't care except it's spilling out into our driveway. Got tired of stopping the truck to toss their crap back in their "yard" so now we just run over it with our truck. Also LOVE that I have to drive through a dump everytime I come/go from home.

Exactly. I was not complaining about the trash heaps on other's propertys. I don't live there and could care less what they do. Just answering the question. However, the trash on my property is another matter. I mean really, I have found instant coffee jars from the 60's as well as steel beer cans with the label printed directly on the can and the pop tops. How long has it been since these were used--at least 40 years or so. I was raised on a farm, actually a chicken farm, we had about 20,000 chickens (layers) at any given time. Daddy kept our trash burned in the incinerator he used for dead chickens, all that came out was ashes and he buried those. Glass was not a problem, cause back them most stuff in glass jars were made so canning lids fit and Momma used those to can in. Around here the thing that gets me the most is that the county dump is only about 5 miles away and it is free to residents. Thank goodness for that cause if I had had to pay for those 30 plus loads it would have been bad LOL. I do belive in live and let live so, as long as they keep their behaviors on their own property, I don't care what they do.

Ohio Rusty · #83 04/21/11, 01:44 PM

The whole county I live in is like that ....No work, lots of poverty .... I'm in a poor part of Appalachia you know. I and my property are reasonably clean and neat... but there are alot of folks that say I'm 'no-count' anyway, so they probably think the same about me.......
I don't worry about other folks unless it spills over onto me ....
Ohio Rusty ><>

RebelDigger · #84 04/21/11, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by kaitala

That's perfect. The problem is, the "trashy" folks are the ones not minding their business. Look at the statement as an ACTION statement, each of us should actively MIND (or tend to) our own business. People with junk everywhere aren't. They're minding anything but.

Why does it seem that neat, organized, tended and planted = homeowner's association stringent stomp-on-other's-freedoms restrictiveness? I'm just kind of confused. I thought taking pride in one's environment was a good thing.

Sure, have your usable scrap piles, and while you don't have to catalog and label everything, having it organized enough to not be a hazard or to be able to find what you're looking for seems desirable to me. And I wouldn't mind in the least seeing neatly stacked piles of this or that, piles that look like they're there on purpose. I would mind seeing just heaps of indiscernable stuff, rotting and rusting and harboring vermin and such. And there's no reason you can't pick up true trash and send it to the dump.

So that's how I mind my business. Usable stuff cared for enough not to look sloppy, trash to the dump.

If other people want to live in a less mindful way, that's their decision to make (until it impacts me in a way in which I can seek legal recourse).

Well said.

weedlady · #85 04/21/11, 02:02 PM

I'm afraid our neighbors think we are the trashy ones.
Martha

kirkmcquest · #86 04/21/11, 02:36 PM

Alot of people here have trashy yards. All old rusted out junk everywhere, and many of them have that Tyvek wrap on their houses with no siding. Looks like heck to me, but I'm not the one who has to live there.

I got a nice place thats pushed way back and I don't look at anyone and nobody looks at me...thats the way I likes it.

#87 04/21/11, 02:53 PM

I bought this place in the country 5 years ago. A neighbor paid me to haul away an International Scout, a snowmobile, a race car body, and a camper. I put a Corvair in a neighbor's auction. I took several truck loads of junk to the transfer station (it was hauled to ND and buried) and paid for them to take it. Now if you drive by you see a clean yard. Some people just want to live in clean surroundings.

I don't have a big problem with people who have junky yards that you can see from the road. I don't know their circumstances. They may have medical issues that keep them from picking up. They may be too poor to afford the transfer station. They may be slobs. NOT MY PROBLEM.

I do have a neighbor that collects stuff. If you need a part for a John Deer tractor he has at least 3 of that vintage sitting in the back 40. Just go take the part off of one. The point is, it's useful stuff, not garbage, and you can't see it from the road. I am glad he is there but I am also glad he has kids who will have to deal with the stuff when he passes.

The news last night reported that the county north of my place is considering an ordinance that will require that properties be cleaned up. This county is relatively rural but more high class than my county. I do not like that civilization is creeping in and more and more restrictions are being placed on what we can do.

Hoop · #88 04/21/11, 03:33 PM

Yes, there is a lazy white trash guy down the road from me. A convicted felon, repeated drunk driving arrests, lazy, can't hold a job, moron that has junk all over his tiny lot. Junk cars, junk snowmobiles, junk lawnmowers, junk bicycles. Even has the traditional white trash dogs, 2 pit bulls and a doberman.

He is illegally operating a repair business in an area zoned residential.

Zoning fines the guy periodically. But we all know white trash is white trash, and leopards don't change their spots. He gets the place cleaned up. But in 3 weeks time, it looks just like it did.

The road I live on is close to 2 miles in length. Most of the homes are very nice and people take pride of ownership. The best home on the road is for sale at 1.8 million.

And then there is mr lazy white trash junk. Who continues to have an eyesore.

Fortunately, in this area, mr lazy white trash will be fighting a neverending battle with zoning. The DNR will eventually get on him over toxic fluids going into the groundwater.

Mr lazy white trash of course feels as if he's being persecuted. He told me that another neighbor had 3 times the junk on his property.
I told him a worthy axiom. The neighbor he is refering to has 100% of his junk out of sight. Out of sight = out of mind.

CaliannG · #89 04/21/11, 04:13 PM

For Zones 7b or warmer, I suggest Bamboo to solve this problem. Specifically Phyllostachys viridis. In Zones 7a or cooler, Canadian Spruce is really fast growing.

It is amazing what a dence screen of Bamboo or evergreens can do to prevent the sights, sounds, smells AND trash of your neighbors from reaching you. A sight screen also acts as a wind screen...preventing the stink from coming through to your nose. Also causing trash to get stuck AT the property line, rather than blowing through to your yard. (Or at least most of it, unless the wind, and trash, is blowing STRAIGHT down your driveway....then I recommend looping your driveway if you are in the country.)

Such vegetation also works as a noise barrier, muffling the sounds of your neighbor's music (which is, of course, in hideous taste), domestic disputes, and revving vehicles.

Another wondrous effect is that, with such a vegetative barrier, your neighbor won't complain about the pile of reclaimed lumber that YOU have. Privacy is yours!

In the meantime, you can pat yourself on the back, knowing that you have added to the oxygen with your woody grasses or trees, are helping the ground aquifer, and making yourself and your family healthier.

See? Problem solved! ~smiles beatifically~

mekasmom · #90 04/21/11, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Paquebot

For what it's worth, the first motto used on US coins was "Mind Your Business". Ben Franklin thought that that was an good one for all to follow.

Martin

Ben Franklin was such a wise man.

barnyardgal · #91 04/21/11, 07:32 PM

I have a white trash neighbor about 1/4 mile up the road & have to drive by their place every time i go to town....I TRY to not look as i drive by but sometimes can't help to look to see what else they drug in,last week was half of a double wide leaning on a hillside,not sure what the meaning of that is...they don't mow their grass as not sure if they have a yard as its so full of junk...They are nice people though...just trashy...i can imagine what the inside of the house looks like!!LOL...

Razorback21 · #92 04/21/11, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by whiskeylivewire

Everytime I read this thread, the song "Trashy Women" by Confederate Railroad goes through my head lol

I think of Confederate Railroad as well, but it is "White Trash with Money" that I think of!!!! As a native southerner moved to the midwest, I can tell you my experience has been that the midwesterners care more about trashy people/zoning/property values than southerners. Some of it might be that there seems to be more people per square mile in the rural areas up here versus back home, i.e. they all live closer to each other.

In Illinois, I'm the trashy person, according to my neighbors I'm sure. In Arkansas, I'm just the neighbor down the road!!!!lol.

General Brown · #93 04/21/11, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoop

Yes, there is a lazy white trash guy down the road from me. A convicted felon, repeated drunk driving arrests, lazy, can't hold a job, moron that has junk all over his tiny lot. Junk cars, junk snowmobiles, junk lawnmowers, junk bicycles. Even has the traditional white trash dogs, 2 pit bulls and a doberman.He is illegally operating a repair business in an area zoned residential.

Zoning fines the guy periodically. But we all know white trash is white trash, and leopards don't change their spots. He gets the place cleaned up. But in 3 weeks time, it looks just like it did.

The road I live on is close to 2 miles in length. Most of the homes are very nice and people take pride of ownership. The best home on the road is for sale at 1.8 million.

And then there is mr lazy white trash junk. Who continues to have an eyesore.

Fortunately, in this area, mr lazy white trash will be fighting a neverending battle with zoning. The DNR will eventually get on him over toxic fluids going into the groundwater.

Mr lazy white trash of course feels as if he's being persecuted. He told me that another neighbor had 3 times the junk on his property.
I told him a worthy axiom. The neighbor he is refering to has 100% of his junk out of sight. Out of sight = out of mind.

That is going to get some reactions!!! Now it will turn into a hated dog thread, lol.

Buffy in Dallas · #94 04/21/11, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by CaliannG

For Zones 7b or warmer, I suggest Bamboo to solve this problem. Specifically Phyllostachys viridis. In Zones 7a or cooler, Canadian Spruce is really fast growing.

Isn't Bamboo invasive though? I would love to find a shrub that I can put on one fence line that won't thin out at the bottom as it grows up.

overthrow · #95 04/21/11, 10:51 PM

I think every town has a few of these places, and our town does too. Ive talked to most of them and they all seem to be relatively nice folks, just a little less educated. One place stands out a little more than the others, about 30 junk cars and trucks, dirt bikes, four wheelers, among other things. The bunch that live there don't appear to have jobs or work, but seem to survive somehow. The funniest part is, the two or three vehicles that appear to be, "on the road" all have GOP bumper stickers on them, Ha! go figure!

Heritagefarm · #96 04/22/11, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Buffy in Dallas

Isn't Bamboo invasive though?

Yes, I think perhaps that was her point. Maybe it'll cover the neighbors house up. Use some kudzu, too!

||Downhome|| · #97 04/22/11, 12:10 PM

thinking about this thread a little. well I was surprised it did not occur to me off the bat or to anyone else.

what is it that I realized?

I'm anti PC but is it a little racist? would trashy people not just be trashy. sure theres a lot of trashy folks of all nationality's. as well as education and income brackets.

did work for a younger doctor in a million+ home,yard was postage stamp as the house took up most of it, yard was alright but the house was packed and stacked with no rhyme or reason.

Wags · #98 04/22/11, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Sonshine

This would be my concern. Yes, it's their property, but what about when it affects my property? In cases of hoarders, you run the risk of bug and rodent infestations.

That was my first thought - among other things rodents and bugs are a definite source of disease.

Fowler · #99 04/22/11, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Wags

That was my first thought - among other things rodents and bugs are a definite source of disease.

Throw a bunch of bug bombs over the fence...and

texican · #**100** 04/22/11, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Wags

That was my first thought - among other things rodents and bugs are a definite source of disease.

My chickens would just love a new source of bugs... and the barn cats could stand fattening up some!

The best neighbor is the one that's out of sight, out of mind, a couple of miles away.

Never forget the first time the 'developer' from the adjoining property first visited... the dogs had opened up a bag of whatever, and I hadn't gotten around to carrying it off to town... His eyes got 'wide'... don't think he'd had much experience with a person with a case of DGAS (don't give a s.). He wanted to offer me 500/acre for my place (that surrounded him on two sides)... silly person didn't know that I already 'knew' what his plans were, and that he was (at that time) getting 75K/acre (now up to 150K).

Iffen I lived in town, I'm sure there'd be petitions against me, and code folks pestering me all the time. Thank goodness, I'm King of this Kingdom, Absolute Lord and Ruler....