Hoarding/Junk addiction

[rusty ol ranger]

Yeah, I have the washers and dryers in a pile behind the garage in my scrap pile!

I got like 8 of them in a scrap pile....i see them roadside i grab em lol

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I got like 8 of them in a scrap pile....i see them roadside i grab em lol

If you ever come out my way bring a trailer, I can hook you up.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

The most irritating part for me is that it always comes down to one person having control over someone else and it's just their opinion in the end. The bigger towns are really strict about exactly what you're allowed to do. Have to keep your grass mowed to a certain level in city limits but the city lets weeds grow 3' tall in the parks and the city owned drainage ditches are full of trash. Code enforcement just drives around handing out tickets but they can't even police themselves.

Some of the smaller towns are hiring a code enforcement contractor that comes in, inspects the town, hands out fines, and leaves. That isn't right either, if you don't live there, you have no stake in what goes on.

The covid influx didn't help either. Very hard to find an affordable house that's not in a HOA or city limits now. 10-15 years ago it was easy. And those people moving in are bitching because their property taxes went way up. Well WTF did you think was gonna happen???

This. It’s been happening around here and we aren’t even a town, we are a totally rural community, but the Code Enforcement guy didn’t live in the community (and he was working for 3 different townships at the same time but spent 90% of his time in our township trying to turn the entire thing into a giant HOA).

Up in Butler City they got a new young code enforcement guy and he started selectively harassing people. My buddy got pinched for vehicles sitting waiting to be worked on but his neighbors that had rotting couches in their yard weren’t bothered at all.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Ive always felt theres a difference between clutter and filth.

Mounds of literal garbage= filth

A dude with 5 broken vehicles, 10 mowers, a few washers and dryers and random 1930s farm impliments= clutter

I agree. There is a definite difference. I can see rules to keep filth cleaned up. It’s a health hazard. Clutter? If it bothers you that much, ask if I could use some help dealing with it.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

I agree. There is a definite difference. I can see rules to keep filth cleaned up. It’s a health hazard. Clutter? If it bothers you that much, ask if I could use some help dealing with it.

Exactly. I have zero issue with clutter...and frankly if i have a neighbor with a yard like that it actually puts me more at ease then if the place is perfectly manicured....because then i feel we may have shit in common