This is the view out the northern window in my bathroom. My neighbor has been cleaning their yard for years, which has just involved them piling garbage in a trailer. The trailer has never been emptied, and At this point I doubt they could move it without the majority of the trash falling out.
Luckily the fence on that side of the yard is 6 feet, so I do not really see the trash under normal circumstances.
Huge piles of trash might have a few batteries without the ends taped off and cause a fire, just saying
That trash pile is probably visible on Google Earth.
I don’t think you cat minds the view. In fact it probably attracts rats and trash birds which they likely enjoy watching
I would probably send it a complain to the city.
Although you might not see it often due to the fence (can you not smell it) that much garbage probably is enough to cause substantial pollution being exposed to the sun and rain, and could also pose a fire risk if any batteries or chemicals made it in there.
There’s a reason people can’t just open up a business as a private landfill wherever they want.
Yep. Get a Pm2.5, CO2, Formaldehyde, and VOC sensor (roughly £20) and start recording the levels.
That’s a health violation
Who’s your neighbor the trash lady from labyrinth?
The trash heap has spoken!
Holy shit, is that fraggle rock?!?
Fraggle Rock was the best show ever 🥹
A half-hour special called The First Snow of Fraggle Rock was recently released. Nothing fantastic, but it was nice to see them again. Junior has a sister named Princess now!
She hatched from an egg, so all I could think was “Not the mama, not the mama!”
Yeah, but, shes adorable lol
Which is fitting because I am pretty sure snow would destroy their ecosystem and kill them all.
No, they actually wanted the snow. I guess they’re hardier than you’d think!
Sounds like they’ve been contacted by their local solid waste department who was lazy about how most sanitary codes don’t define garbage in a trailer as solid waste.
It’s one of the dumber and common loopholes, but a health department with resources (legal and political) would actually require progress at eliminating the garbage since the loophole is based on staging waste for removal.
States and local juridiction vary wildly.
Gawt damn.
no bylaws against stuff like this? we typically have bylaws against this for reasons like rodent attraction
They just don’t want me to build my rat army because I will become unstoppable.
Hey Willard, how’s Ben?
That’s quite the trash stack
Is that the beach from MyHouse.wad?
It’s AI. I used self-hosted InvokeAI to inpaint a new window scene for OP’s cat.
Show off 🥲
Depending on your locality, your town, county, or state may have laws against this. They’re often health department statues against providing something that attracts pests like rats and snakes.
Came here for this, call housing code enforcement. If they exist where you are.
Alternatively, OP could try talking to their neighbor about it instead of getting the state involved. Maybe even offering to help them clean it up? Getting the authorities involved could cost the neighbor money or have bad repercussions and we don’t know what their circumstances are.
This was my thoughts too
A community connected could help sort this out and bring good into the world.
I think the cat is happy with the view
Probably enjoying the entertainment all the rodent activity provides
Stick a hedge made of cypress trees or something else dense and tall there?
When I clicked to see the image, I was honestly expecting the trash pile to be a Tesla Truck.
It will eventually get heaped on there no doubt.
Cute! Also the cat does not seem to care.
The cat is probably keeping an eye on those rodents.
