[Hammer]

Start Rant here:

I have lived in my current home for 9 years. The neighbor (My wifey refers to them as "Dirty Butts") were already here when we bought the place. He had a fairly clean yard, not pristine but not like now. He has to date 7 kids and another one on the way with him and his wife living in a 3 bedroom home that is not over 1200 sq. ft. He does not hold a fulltime job neither does his wife so we working americans support him and his baseball team. He does do some side work in the form of tree trimming. But he dumps the debris in his yard, back yard and the front yard. Wood, brush and chips line his "landscape". Toys are all over the place, he does not have trash service and burns the debris to get rid of the waste. This is in a residental neighborhood, not the ritz but a middle class neighborhood where everybody but him takes pride in their yard. As I sit here typing this he is dumping another load of brush. I have called: Indiana Department of Enviromental Management, County Planning commission, County commissioners, Township commissioners, child services and the health department. ALL of which say they cannot do anything about what he is doing! I ask why they tell me that he has a "Non - Conforming use" for that property that allows him to do that type of work for that site. The debris is piling up and some of the debris is over 5 years old. Chips and wood harbor bugs, insects, snakes and reptiles of all kinds but they say there is nothing I can do. Besides pulling him out of his own home an skull dragging this worthless MF'er down the street what else can "we" the neighbors do? And asking him to tidy up the place ain't gonna work.

[ND4SPD]

Start throwing your own trash in his yard. If he gets pissed just tell him you had the place confused with the city dump.

[Mo Noyz]

God bless white trash.

If it makes you feel any better, one of the neighbors on our cul-de-sac replaced a shower stall in their house and left the old one sitting out in the front yard for months.

[Hammer]

Originally Posted by ND4SPD

Start throwing your own trash in his yard. If he gets pissed just tell him you had the place confused with the city dump.

1 good idea.

[esoteric]

Originally Posted by Hammer

Chips and wood harbor ...reptiles of all kinds...

Reptiles are your friends!
It doesn't look that bad to me. Maybe not my favorite thing to look at, but there's worse possible. You might invite them over for some holiday and offer them some condoms to prevent kid #8 from sliding down that loose pink canal his wife sits on every day. Maybe you can offer to mow his lawn for a few bucks? You know, capitalize on the situation?

[ccwilli3]

sometimes the severity and pickiness of my neighborhood annoys the poop out of me.

In situations like this, god bless them.

[Hammer]

Originally Posted by esoteric

Reptiles are your friends!
It doesn't look that bad to me. Maybe not my favorite thing to look at, but there's worse possible. You might invite them over for some holiday and offer them some condoms to prevent kid #8 from sliding down that loose pink canal his wife sits on every day. Maybe you can offer to mow his lawn for a few bucks? You know, capitalize on the situation?

Too late for #8 the sow is expecting another one now. They claim to be Catholic.

Invite them over, not a chance. They all stink to high heaven.

Me mow his lawn for money.... I don't take food stamps. Plus I ain't gonna FU my mower.

[MedTechRR]

Fence

[Hammer]

Originally Posted by MedTechRR

Electric Fence

Fixed it for you.

[esoteric]

Originally Posted by Hammer

Too late for #8 the sow is expecting another one now.

****, bad math on my part. I hate arithmetic.

Originally Posted by Hammer

They claim to be Catholic.

Well that's an approach you can take- would Jesus clean his yard? Maybe you can contact the local bishop or cardinal if they take that stuff seriously. You've called everyone else...

Originally Posted by Hammer

Invite them over, not a chance. They all stink to high heaven.

Maybe an outdoor BBQ and pool party?

Originally Posted by Hammer

Me mow his lawn for money.... I don't take food stamps. Plus I ain't gonna FU my mower.

I just noticed this is in INDIANA. This whole situation doesn't seem suprising anymore.

[Hammer]

I must tell every one. I AM NOT FROM INDIANA. I just live here.

[Mo Noyz]

Originally Posted by MedTechRR

Fence

With guard towers.

[luvtolean]

That sucks, but isn't as bad as I expected. At least all that crap is in piles.

But damn...does it really cost that much to goto the dump out there?

[OSIRIS]

Bake is gonna kick your ass for taking pics of his house

[esoteric]

Originally Posted by Hammer

I must tell every one. I AM NOT FROM INDIANA. I just live here.

Of course not. You're just encroaching on their natural habitat and regretting your very move there. Happens out here all the time with high society colliding with wildlife along the foothills. No matter how much people insist they want to be near the wilderness they need to pretty it up, relocate the predatorial species, kill all the bugs, plant invasive foreign plants, etc. I know the story well

[phobiaphobe]

Molotov

[RRWANTR]

Personally, I was expecting worse while reading your description...lol

[Hammer]

Originally Posted by luvtolean

That sucks, but isn't as bad as I expected. At least all that crap is in piles.

But damn...does it really cost that much to goto the dump out there?

It costs nothing. We have a commercial mulch place not 1 mile from us that would take the debris and turn it into mulch. Pics don't do it justice, believe me.

[Hammer]

Originally Posted by phobiaphobe

Molotov

Tempting, but 20 years in the pokey does not sound so good right about now.

[abtech]

Originally Posted by OSIRIS

Bake is gonna kick your ass for taking pics of his house

No zoning rules? I had the same problem with the "deliverance" gang next door until I saw a frickin rat sitting on top of their pile of junk and called the township commisioner with a gentle reminder about rabies and other communicable diseases that seems to accompany rats. They made him clean up all the junk within 3 days or he would need to ante up 2500.00 per day until it was all gone.

We aren't even zoned here, but when I mentioned my next call was to the local newspaper and radio station, they seemed to get very interested . . .

[Hammer]

Just took a few more pics.

[luvtolean]

What a shithole, that second one captures it nicely.

[RRWANTR]

You say asking him to tidy it up won't work.....have you tried that? I've found that it's usually much better to try the obvious and least agressive methods first. Involving authorities and such right off the bat can make it even more difficult.

[OSIRIS]

That looks like Jeff Foxworthy's inspiration for every joke he's ever had
Maybe you could find a rat over there somewhere and use abtech's method

[abtech]

Originally Posted by OSIRIS

That looks like Jeff Foxworthy's inspiration for every joke he's ever had
Maybe you could find a rat over there somewhere and use abtech's method

There doesn't have to be an actual rat, just the report of one . . .

[abtech]

Originally Posted by abtech

There doesn't have to be an actual rat, just the report of one . . .

I just noticed an abandoned fridge without the doors removed in the second picture of this latest batch. If I'm not mistaken, that is a federal violation and a definite hazard in light of their small children.

and I think I can just make out a rat in pic number 7 . . .

[soon2b954]

Damn what a mess!

The only way out may be to move! Not sure how motivated the buyers would be once they see their potional new neighbors though.

[seamus]

I believe it's only a violation if it's one of the old school refrigerators with the locking handle.

I would start by talking to the guy about the mess. It may not change anything but if you don't bring it up to him first, he'll probably respond more negatively when approached by the fuzz.

[Red Rider]

Geezus...what a frickin' shithole. I'd move because he'll never clean that crap up...

[ND4SPD]

It'd be a shame if a cigarette butt found its way into one of the dry brushpiles too. I bet the FD would clean that up for them real quick.