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Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1970282)

I have MY hypothesis about why more trash is found on TV Land's streets than 10 or 15 years ago. TV residents of 15 years ago were mostly military enlisted men and wives and people with retirements brought about by UNIONS. They were UNION workers that were committed to the concept of WORKING. Both groups took PRIDE in doing things themselves and with their OWN hands. Most were NOT white-collar managers. So, they cut their OWN grass and hedges and planted and fertilized their own yards. That gave them pride and SATISFACTION. They had purchased their houses at VERY reasonable prices and were FRUGAL with their retirement money.

Today they have died and gone to the BIG Village in the sky. The newer residents pay more for their homes and are more likely to be management types, professionals, or office workers. White-collar types that dislike getting dirty and calloused hands. Unions are GONE for the most part. So, these management types are willing to pay to have ALL the WORK in the yard and house done by younger local workers that often do NOT take pride in their work. They are more interested in drinking after work than they are in clean streets in some RICHY, RICH people's neighborhoods. They DON'T live here so, can you blame them. They cut your grass and leave behind an endless supply of cigarette butts there - and water bottles in YOUR streets. On average, they come from poor, pathetic, trash-filled neighborhoods and you ENCOURAGE them to invade YOUR neighborhoods - what do YOU expect?

Then at night, they know who has left for the summer or weekend and they come back with their friends and break into YOUR homes and get some items to pawn and supplement their low incomes. There are even more things to worry about than trash, trash, trash!

Judgemental much?

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Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1970290)

I am glad that you are talking about over-population and being or becoming a 3rd world country. I have been accused of over-reacting when talking about excess population. We talk about an infrastructure problem, but there would be zero problem if the US had only 275 million people. I am glad that some here in our bubble recognize that even in our bubble we are affected. People talk about the good old days - well those days were good because the US had 200 million people and the middle class had NOT YET DIED! The rich had not yet fully taken over as they have today in our current 3rd world country.

Ask yourself - will things get better or worse in 40 years when A.I. and Robotics create a US unemployment of as much as 30 %???????

Back with a vengeance, I see...

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Originally Posted by Road-Runner (Post 1969595)

So after walking several of the walking/bike trails I've noticed a total lack of trash containers along the pathways. Has there ever been a suggestion to place covered garbage bins every so often on these trails? It might cut down on some of the garbage. Of course The Villages landscaping crews would also have to empty them so there would be a cost.

It’s too bad we don’t have small motorized transportation devices with baskets on the back or the ability to keep a trash bag in the transport devices.

Or locations, with maybe pools, tennis courts, mail boxes, etc that are like 0.25 miles apart from each other.

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Originally Posted by Road-Runner (Post 1969595)

You'd need an entire crew to go through there every single day to check the trash. It's just not very practical or cost-efficient.

Better if you just carry your own trash with you, and toss it when you see a bin to toss it in.

Oh and this isn't for you - this is for "whoever it applies to":

Your little doggie-bag of dog poop does NOT belong in a trash bin anywhere in the Villages, other than your own. Especially when you know it doesn't belong there, and think you're being clever by having two bags - one with dog poop, one empty, and pretending to throw away the empty one but actually throwing away the full one. In front of a couple dozen people. Your righteous indignation when I called you out on it fools no one.

It's your dog. Take your dog's poop back to your dog's house and dispose of it there. Disgusting, insensitive clod.

I STILL pick up all trash when I’m walking. I carry hand sanitizer and a plastic bag. We’ll never stop the lazy people. We are living in a ‘me’ generation - so - we can all work together to pick up after them. Sorry to say this, but what other solution is there ?

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Originally Posted by Gray lady of the sea (Post 1970590)

No solutions. But just like with a lot of medical ailments - there might not be a cure, but there are treatments.

Some options:

Be really OCD about it and take pictures of the offenders and post them on social media to shame them. This actually creates MORE problems, because now you become "one of THOSE people" who have nothing better to do with your life but to humiliate strangers on the internet.

You could vaguebook (like I did a few posts up) and specify an incident without naming names or describing anyone. So if they are the person in question, THEY will know who I'm talking about, but they also know that no one else will know (except the couple dozen people who were there and saw it as well, heh).

You could do nothing, and complain about it to people who can't do anything about it.

You could report them to - someone I guess, the rec department? Describe the person, describe their golf cart, describe their dog, time and exact location, so if the rec department sees them again maybe they could take a look and make sure the person is behaving himself. Not really efficient but it'll make you feel better that you did it.

You could confront the person directly, but I recommend not doing that unless there are a lot of witnesses. People get shot over less, lately.

You could pick up the trash yourself and know you're doing a service to humanity.

You could pick the offending trash up and toss it in the back basket of the guy's golf cart, and wave and say (cheerfully) "Oh this fell out of your cart, I rescued it for you! Have a great day!"

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Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 1970332)

Judgemental much?

Yes, I HAVE opinions. We are still an ALMOST free society.

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Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1970701)

Yes, I HAVE opinions. We are still an ALMOST free society.

At the current rate, not for long...

question, new here, 6 weeks. does trash pickup also take cinder blocks left by previous owner?