An interesting battle has begun in my neighborhood. On the North side is the recurring homeless encampment. On the South side is the electronic waste dump site. The homeless encampment has exploded as a brightly colored litter bomb. The electronic dump site is a heap of dull colored angular shapes that are creeping out from under the stand of pepper trees. I'm sure you're wondering how this constitutes a war? The homeless encampment is a well documented site where people regularly flop. It gets cleared out and the same group migrates back. The individuals are regularly seen smoking cigarettes and acquiring other items that cost money. (Evident by the increasing trash pile). If they can pay for those items why can't they pay for trash pick like the rest of the neighborhood is (forced) to. Across the highway the litter pile is a direct challenge to the logic of the lawmakers that look the other way at the homeless camp excesses. While residents respecting the laws are expected to house waste until the designated pick up dates show up on the calendar. The law abiding residents are required to pay for weekly waste disposal. If the homeless are crafty enough to panhandle for cigs etc, surely they can pay for trash disposal. There are plenty of other places the electronics could have been dumped. This is right along a well travelled Highway. It is directly across from the homeless camp, you see one you see the other. A few years back companies would try and put donation boxes in the area. People would dump old furniture and boxes of pizza with pizza slices included, mocking the logic. The donation bin would end up in variation locations with similar results. The last time I saw one years ago, people had drug it on it's side next to business dumpsters
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