How to deal with neighbor's yard/trash?

I am looking for suggestions on how to deal with my neighbor's yard and trash, which has become a huge eyesore. In front of the house, "trash" sits because the trash people will not pick up large, broken glass tabletops, rotting sofas, used mattresses, broken exercise equipment, or broken bicycles (all currently in front of the house). This is not a new thing. In the past, TVs, microwaves, transmissions, computer equipment, dead lawnmowers, mattresses, etc. have been left and not picked up. Once there was a small fire there, and clothing was thrown out a window and landed on a tree. For the next seven months, the "clothes tree" kept its shirts and pants. Meanwhile, the owner told me how lucky he was that he had so much insurance on the house. Soon after, new electronics (inc. huge TV) came in; the tree kept its clothes.

Just as bad is the yard garbage: old broken plastic chairs, torn banners, rolls of rusty fencing, used tires, unused lumber strewn across the yard,....

Help, pls!

Call the city and complain. Where I live he would have already received several citations, fines and warnings. You can also try the health department. Junk piles like that are prime breeding grounds for rats. Try to get some other people in the neighborhood to complain as well. The more complaints, the sooner some one will take action.

Contact the city and complain about the trash not being picked up or disposed of properly.
Geeze... Maybe you should consider moving if you live so close to a place with people like that?

Cockroaches and bad neighbors... Almost never move. You either have to exterminate them or wait for them to get evicted.

Nothing worse than trash with money!

In the meanwhile... Try calling yourself for a special pick-up? Some states require that you request a special pick-up apart from the normal Bi-weekly trash. It is a special request for larger items that you can't remove yourself or put into a regular garbage truck load... Call the sanitation Dept and request it FOR them.

Personally... I would have marched my big *** next door and TOLD them to do something about it by now... Im not as nice as you are though...

I'm sorry for you... I know how shitty neighbors can ruin an otherwise perfect situation.
Absolutely what Bugs said! Where I live, the city and county lately have been doing a lot of work to eliminate eyesores such as that. And your neighbor's habits could be considerred a health hazard.
In our neighborhood we complained and the city didn't move fast enough, so one neighbor went to the city council meeting with photos. She gave her home address whe she addressed the council (during the segment where people can speak about things not already on the agenda) and she gave her pictures to the Mayor. Since our council meetings are televised, the city manager was "outed" and we got instant results.
Man oh man do I feel your pain!!!! check with your city clerks office and see if you have a "clean it or lean it" program. if so, the city or county checks out the nastiness and issues an order to the land owner telling them they have 30 to 90 days to clean it or the authorities take a lean out on the property and the owner loses the property. This is usually a quick fix. If they don't comply the authorities assume ownership and believe me, they will enforce these orders, and sooner than you think the land is cleared and the nasty people are gone, therefore eliminating any potential infestations for you and easing the pain on your eyes and nose, not to mention you will also reclaim the true property value on your property again. If your town doesnt have this program you can always go to Civil Court and sue them for decreasing your property value and also for the eyesore.....This too is incentive enough for some junky folks....Good Luck with The Nasties !!!!!
I had the same kind of neighbors.....not anymore !!!!!!!

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