Quote:
Originally Posted by LateBoomer
in an upper middle-class, but gated community. before then in a middle class ungated. before that upper middle ungated. we're going back 20 years now
never have seen this.
gates may have something to do with .
but i've never been in an area as big as this and as wealthy as this either
|
Wealthy? Heh. Your idea of wealth and mine are clearly miles apart. Especially since you claim to have lived in a gated upper middle-class community at some point prior to the Villages.
I grew up in a brand spanking new middle-class suburban neighborhood development in northwestern New Haven County, Connecticut. Back in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. If we put items out (as opposed to trashbags filled with actual trash), there'd usually be someone checking to see if the items were interesting enough to take. Sometimes someone would be building a treehouse for their kid and see just the perfect bit of leftover roofing material from a homeowner's roofing job, and bundle up the pile and toss it in their Bonneville.
The only difference I see here in my Villages neighborhood, is that it happens more often. I'm fine with it though. One man's trash is another man's treasure, and all that. I've salvaged quite a few items from neighbors who just couldn't be bothered bringing things to the thrift store or call someone to pick it up, or put it on sale somewhere. I mostly repurpose them - strip the wood, sand it, and paint or stain it, depending on what it is and what I want to use it for.