Carolina Gardening: Anit-Icky-Poo-Poo-Neighbor-Defense-System, 0 by Xeramtheum

Xeramtheum wrote:
It was a nightmare .. didn't know what I was moving next door too when I bought my house .. they were Section 8, had been there for over 15 years totally rent free, kids grew up to be dog fighters and drug dealers. The poor neighbors were all terrified and only came out of their houses to get into their cars and leave. They even quit calling the police because the dispatchers told them they were the problem and not the neighbors .. dispatchers tried that crap with me just once as I reminded them I just happen to be their boss since my taxes covered their paychecks. It was a learning experience but finally had them lose their Section 8 status and two went to jail for drug dealing and dog fighting. Their front yard was a 24/7 parking lot with people who did not belong in the neighborhood wandering around night and day. Trash was always blowing from their yard into mine. You didn't dare leave anything in your yard, front or back because it would disappear. I kept diaries with pictures, wrote letter after letter to Codes Enforcement, Animal Control and Housing Authority. I started conspicuously photographing every car and person in the cars that came over there and made a point to get license plate numbers .. At the time I was working for Charleston County Sheriff's Department and they knew it and discovered really quickly that intimidation just makes me mad and I will always win a verbal war.

Once they were gone and the neighbors realized they were gone the whole tone of the street changed .. people came out of their homes, kids began playing in their yards and riding their bikes up and down the street - and actually got to know each other. It was amazing! I write a thank you letter every year to the guy who made the ultimate decision to kicking them out.

I've helped other people get rid of toxic neighbors using the methods I used. It's a lot of work but you do get results in the end.

The picture is what their front yard looked like 24/7 except for the days when the housing authority came by to inspect the place .. then everything was cleaned up. Once that was over the yard turned back into a junk yard/trash heap again and the dogs brought back.