My son turned 9 last month and we got him a new bike for his birthday, it was $240. Saturday afternoon he left it lying on our front lawn by the porch when he came in for dinner. That part’s honestly on him and we’ve talked about it.

Sunday morning it was gone. I checked our doorbell camera and at about 7:40 Saturday night my neighbor from next door walked across our yard and taped a piece of cardboard that said FREE to the handlebars. Then she went back inside. About 20 minutes later a guy in a pickup stopped to read the sign, and then he loaded the bike into his truck bed.

She’s complained about us before. Back in the summer she told me our yard “looks like a daycare” because there were a couple of toys out by the steps. So I went over with the video pulled up on my phone and she didn’t even try to deny it. She said she’s “tired of looking at” my kids’ stuff and that the bike had been sitting out there for 2 days. It had been out there for about 4 hours. When I asked her to pay for the bike she laughed and said anyone could have taken it, she just “made it official.”

My son keeps asking me if he did something wrong. I have the video of her putting the sign on and the truck taking it, and you can kind of see part of the plate if you pause it at the right second.

I’m thinking about filing a police report but I’ve never done anything like that over a neighbor before, so what would you do?

I have been living in an apartment complex near a university for grad school which is popular with other students and early career professionals. The man who lives next to me is someone who I can only imagine has never had anyone tell him to consider those around him.

Every single day, I would see him leave miscellaneous items and bags of trash outside his door in the hallway where they would stay for weeks at a time. Anything he’s too lazy to walk the 10 steps around the corner to put in the trash room, just sits and stinks up the hallway for weeks. I’ve tried talking to him but he never answers the door. I’ve been complaining about this to the office and it got to the point where he was fined and threatened with eviction. Even still, I see him leave trash in the hallway overnight.

Recently he’s taken up new hobbies like watching YouTube videos of people going through drive-thrus at max volume and commentating on their order in the middle of the night. He has also started fun new home construction projects including drilling and hammering our shared wall at midnight as well. I have tried talking to him but I think he’s scared of confrontation. I’ve already complained to the office about his noise, but is there anything else I can do?

I've been having an issue with my neighbors for two years. We share a driveway and he has blocked it and used it for himself entirely since I first moved here. About one year into living here I asked if he could leave my side accessible so I could park off of the street. He told me no. He threatened me with a bill since he had poured some concrete so it was easier for him to park his car and I said I would pay it. He sent never sent it. He then threatened to dig up the concrete, never did that either, just kept parking in the middle of the driveway. He's run over potted plants I tried to put out, he's thrown garbage on my lawn, he's put nails under my dads tires, he's thrown my trash cans off the curb, he's sprayed my dad with a water hose, blocked my house guests car in on the street with his spare vehicles (he has several) forced me out of parking spacing by driving towards my car, and so many more things I can't even remember. This behavior has been almost a daily occurrence for two years and every time I call the cops I get conflicting things. One officer will say to call anytime something happens, another officer will say there's nothing they can do and to stop calling. I had spoken with an officer about harassment and when he said he would follow up with me (gave me a time and day that he would call back) he ghosted me. When I spoke with him again because he came out to another thing I had reported he got mad at me for asking about the harassment we had spoken about two months before and said it wasn't his responsibility and that I shouldn't rely on him directly, when I had been told by dispatch and people at the physical department that they couldn't connect me with another officer because it would confuse them and they could only forward me to this officers mail box. I don't feel safe in my home anymore (I'm a female who lives alone) and I feel like I'm getting help from nowhere. I've basically been told by everything officer "sucks you have a bad neighbor". Is this not enough of a pattern of behavior to establish harassment? Does he need to beat me up for me to be taken seriously?

Just need to rant.

We’ve lived beside these neighbours for quite some time now, but why do people think it’s fair to play music all the time? I feel like I can’t even relax in my own home at this point.

The cherry on top is that they never seem to leave. The whole family stays inside all day, just playing music, whether it’s quiet or loud. It’s non-stop, and I genuinely feel like I’m losing my sanity.

We’ve already spoken to them and asked them to turn the bass down, but after that, we ended up facing harassment and retaliation for two full years from her son (I’m not entirely sure who it was, but it was definitely one of her kids).

I genuinely just needed to rant because I’m at my breaking point. I’m hoping to move as soon as I can.

Sending positive vibes to anyone else experiencing this. 🙏

Hello everyone. I'm looking for advice with my angry neighbour. I live alone in an apartment and my downstairs neighbour is a man who has a history of altercations with prior occupants. He is extremely sensitive to noise and yells profanities (very loudly and aggressively) whenever I drop something on the floor. It's a carpeted apartment. If it's the bathroom something as small as a hair clip will make him react. I'm a very respectful neighbour, and am careful not to drop things or make noise. I work 5 days in the office, I am out a lot on weekends and don't have guests at night. His presence has made me feel like I'm living on egg shells and I'm not sure what to do next. Thanks in advance for any advice on how to deal with this. WWYD 🩵

So to trail off the previous post I made a few weeks ago in which my NFH called me a "fat wh0re" and knocked on my door because he assumes I reported him for excessive noise (I did but mamagement keeps all complaints anonymous).

So now they have a baby.... the same chick who would smoke outside on the patio with belly and all while pregnant. They came home yesterday and the chick was vaping while the baby was close to her.....the baby looked so fragile, small and sickly which is sad to see....yet, these same neighbors stomp and slam doors all the damn time. Despite them having the baby in the home, the guy living there still is slamming doors and stomping like crazy. Like how tf is that baby getting good sleep with that loud mf is beyond me....

It's one thing to be loud and an asshole around everyone else but when you have a newborn I think slamming doors and stomping should probably come to a stop, no?? Oh well I just got more earplugs off amazon so at least I wont lose my mind from slamming doors and baby crying

So for about 4 years now I bought my first house. I moved in and started my family. We have 3 kids. Cut to about the second year of living here. The neighbor to the south of me was calling the cops on about everything he could.

He decided to put his own fence up and had someone mark the property lines. Turns out the fence we share didn't line up with his new fence. He mows the paint up and decided to put it on the property line which he cannot do without my permission. He trespassed onto my property to mow my grass about as flat as he could while I was at work so I couldn't do anything. Then screws some ghetto ass brackets into my fence which is shared. Damaging my side of the nice vinyl fence we have.

I decided to just make the best of it and enjoy him staying on his own side. Next year the dude is harassing the neighbors constantly in several ways. Making his dog bark at all times during the day, flying his drone around within his property to make his dog bark and pointing the camera at my kids. Which earned him two disorderly conduct charges still pending.. he also calls all the neighbors fat, drunks and druggies. But not to their faces. He hides behind his fence and constantly pisses everyone off. I've even caught him playing car alarm noises out his window at 5 am.

The neighborhood is full of great people that are respectful and we are all somewhat good friends except for this douchebag. He calls the cops on my neighbors vehicle every time he doesn't move it within 3 days. The worst part is the cops today tried to give him a ticket. However the bad neighbors vehicle has not moved for months and is not even up to date on registration but the cops won't do anything to his car.

The moral of the story is people are sick of him and are ready for him to leave. His bright ass lights are now shining all around his house onto the sides of people's houses. What can we do to take care of this dude. Legally and well somehow push him out. I'm afraid it's going to get violent here with how much stuff happens. My kids are afraid to even play in the yard and we are outdoors type people so it's driving us nuts to avoid this dude.

My boyfriend and I moved into a third-floor apartment in a nice Denver apartment complex on September 27. We’re not party people, we don’t blast music, and we’re genuinely trying to be considerate neighbors. We’ve barely been here three weeks, and this situation is already making us uncomfortable in our own home.
Here’s what has happened so far:
We moved in on a Sunday night, the following Monday
Management called us because our downstairs neighbor complained that we were “throwing boxes from the patio.” We had left empty cardboard boxes on our patio, and the wind blew them around. We sincerely apologized, and even brought the neighbor a letter and cookies as a goodwill gesture. Management told the neighbors that we just moved in the night before and it was the wind.

That same week, on a Friday night
Management contacted us about another complaint concerning alleged noise that the neighbor had submitted footage from a camera facing the hallway and alleged that they could hear “stomping” between midnight and 6 a.m. We questioned whether the recording actually established that the noise came from our apartment. We are the first apartment from the hallway so it couldve been anyone walking. Also we watched the footage they attached l, stomping was a overstatement it was light shuffling (probably from me using the bathroom around 4am) but not consistently throughout the night.
Management defended us again understanding and told the neighbor they were probably adjusting to having upstairs neighbors.

Another week later The neighbor texted me directly for the first time. (they got the number from our apology note with the cookies)

The message said:
“Hello,
This is your new neighbor. I wanted to reach out to tell you that the stomping and loud noises are becoming an issue with the peace within my home. If you decide to continue, I will be forced to alert the authorities.
Thank you and have a good day.”

For context, we aren’t intentionally making excessive noise, and we’re not aware of doing anything that would justify this level of escalation. We understand that living in an apartment means hearing some normal household sounds, and we’re willing to be reasonable. But we also need to be able to walk around, cook, move things, and live normally in our own home without feeling like every sound could trigger another complaint. We got our couch delivered that day during normal daytime hours. Now Im over here marking timestamps of what Im doing to justify myself.
And threatening to call law enforcement for what exactly? Walking?
What bothers me is the pattern. We tried to be friendly and resolve the first issue in good faith, but the complaints have continued, and now we’re receiving messages that feel accusatory and intimidating. I’ve lived upstairs from other people for years without having this kind of problem.
I also can’t help wondering whether we’re being singled out. My boyfriend and I are Indian and Mexican, respectively, and we appear to be among the only residents of color in what seems to be a predominantly white, affluent community. I have no concrete proof that race has anything to do with this, and I don’t want to jump to conclusions, but the situation has made me wonder whether we’re being treated differently.
To management’s credit, they’ve been fairly supportive so far. I’ve already documented the neighbor’s text with the front office, and I’m considering sending a formal written complaint asking management to intervene, direct all future complaints through the office, and establish boundaries around direct communication.
We just moved 3 weeks ago, we dont party, we dont have kids or large pets. And we literally tiptoe around the house. We dont wear shoes indoors, slippers and socks only, and we have 5 area rugs/runners

My questions are:
At what point does repeated complaining and confrontational communication become harassment, versus an ordinary neighbor dispute?
Would you stop communicating with the neighbor entirely and let management handle everything?
Is it reasonable to ask management to verify where noise is coming from before attributing it to our apartment?
How would you handle this without letting the neighbor intimidate you into feeling uncomfortable in your own home?
If this continues, what documentation should I keep to protect myself?
I want to be a good neighbor, but I also don’t want to be pushed around or made to feel unwelcome in the place I pay to live. I’m looking for honest advice from people who have dealt with something similar.

hi. i have been living in my apartment for 2 years now. my newish upstairs neighbors have a dog they NEVER play with, hardly walk (i’m taking a brief walk around the building which is not much) and every single night around 10pm he gets the zoomies before bed. they spend roughly 30 minutes stomping around above my bed EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. i left them a polite note explaining to them that i work very early and i can’t control what people do in their own home, but i would appreciate some consideration. they got worse. we exchanged numbers and i texted them at 1am (i wake up at 5am) to please be quiet. they responded with essentially “that’s just what apartment living is like”
what would you do to be either the most annoying downstairs neighbor possible, or any other input? i feel bad for their dog, it’s not his fault but he’s incredibly annoying. i don’t want to be /that/ neighbor but im at my wits end with this.
note: i have yet to check the lease agreement but im pretty sure there’s a clause in there about noise after 10pm, and i’m also pretty sure there’s laws in regards to that at state level as well.

I never had a quiet upstairs neighbor Between the stomping n loud music and ball playing Im mean im really quiet. Its really annoying. Like y do they do it just to piss us off.

For months we’ve had constant stomping, running, banging and impact noise from the flat above. I work from home, so I’ve been exposed to it all day and it’s honestly worn me down.
We’re finally moving somewhere new, in a much smaller and quieter-looking building, but instead of feeling excited I’m terrified the same thing will happen again.
I’ve become hyper-aware of every sound. Footsteps, doors, bangs, furniture moving. My brain immediately goes: here we go again.
I know flats are never completely silent. I’m just scared of ending up trapped in the same situation twice.
Has anyone else experienced this after living with very noisy neighbours? Did the anxiety calm down once you moved somewhere quieter?

The people below me stomp and slam doors, same with next to me. I understand it’s normal, but when I’m trying to sleep at 1 am and all I hear is stomping. Or when my whole bed gets rattled by their slamming.

I’ve reported them and will continue to do so, especially because my complex has quiet hours. I have to be up early, I’m in bed by 11, and I walk on my tip toes and ensure I’m not slamming anything. I don’t get how people can be so disrespectful. Along with the slamming, they are cooking at 1 am as well. I barely sleep at night because of the constant noise and how anxious it gets me. I don’t care about their noise during the day, but I don’t understand how hard it is to have common respect for others during the nighttime..

I have another year and a half on my lease, and I don’t want to keep bothering management, however my friend’s apartment in the same complex is way quieter. None of my other friends complain about hearing noise. I sleep with a box fan, my roomate has brown noise and it still doesn’t block it out. I’m just asking for like 9 hours of silence, so I don’t understand how hard it is. I get half of it is on the apartments structure, however if I can be a good neighbor, I don’t understand how they can’t.

basically just asking; should I keep complaining to mgm? like i have video proof

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I was drinking and wrote a novella about my scumbag neighbor yet accidentally deleted 30 minutes of phone posting so here's the TLDR.

TLDR: late 50s neighbor with tattoos on his face and scalp I've lived next to for nearly a decade doesnt work, but brought over 50 cars(couple of old corvettes and a dodge viper but mostly project classics) to his rural property over summer. He has caused me many problems of the years and the one time I speak to him about it lies his ass off to everyone involved, also a pathological liar based off of years of speaking to him. The guy has started and abandoned 3 or 4 families. Had 8 kids with 3 or 4 women. 6 of his kids are legal adults, the last 2 were born shortly after i bought my house and the mother of his last 2 children has been absent the last few years, he hardly even watches the kids. None of his adult children ever visit him. He has a criminal record DUI, domestic abuse, some traffic violations. Has miscellaneous guests frequently who show up briefly, sometimes same car twice in a day. SOMETIMES takes several trips a day from our rural remote area in his 90s suburban when his usual commuter is a small economy shitbox so he's spending absolute minimum 30 dollars in gas per trip just to get to the nearest town and back.

Maybe I'm being paranoid, maybe I should live and let live, maybe the guy is just a huge piece of shit. But my neighbor is a highly suspicious individual and I'm not sure if I should call the anonymous hotline to tell the local department about this guy and I'm not even sure if they'd even do anything. Anyone have experience with a neighbor who is a potential drug dealer?

Update: just now he came over and asked if I smelled anything funny last night. He said that he was afraid people were trying to suck air out of his house and kill him but said I didn’t look like a murderer. Added to my log.

I’m looking for some advice as I am dealing with a 65 yo male neighbor who has a real problem with boundaries. My working theory is that he has early stage dementia, but whatever the cause he has become a nuisance.

This gentleman has owned his house for the twenty years that my wife and I have lived Nextdoor but has only started to live in this house since June 2024. (He used to rent it out to a sorority.)

In that time his behavior has become increasingly erratic:

Phantom Smells - on several occurrences over the past two years he has come to our house or stopped me while I was cutting the grass to tell me that he woke up the night before at 230 am and didn’t understand how my wife and I didn’t smell this smell. He had several plumbing and mold remediation contractors come and look around but I literally heard one of them tell him it was all in his head. This has escalated to the point that he thinks me or my wife or our other neighbors are responsible for the smell that no one else has ever caught a whiff of. I had to firmly stop him the last time and tell him that we don’t smell anything at all and will not accept blame for something that doesn’t exist. I have told him something might be wrong with his health and he laughs that off. Then he tells me to love thy neighbor. (Also said that he’d almost called the fire dept several times because of the smell and thought our house was on fire.)

Paranoia - He has stated several times that people are saying bad things about him on Facebook and asked if we knew about it. But he claims he doesn’t even have a Facebook from what I can tell. He also claims people are following him.

Outright creepy - When it’s nice out he watches through his window for my wife and I to go out to the back yard and then goes to his back porch to watch us (mostly her—I’m a bit more intimidating.) He even cut back his bush so he can see our yard better. In addition, he has started tracking my early morning walks—he followed me in his car one time and this morning at 550 am started his car (he is retired and doesn’t work) right as I walked by.

I’ve started documenting interactions but have little recourse to reach a resolution as he has no family or friends to talk with about what is going on. Neighbors who knew him before we moved there, from when he merely rented out the house and maintained it, say he’s lost it in recent years.

I wouldn’t be as upset if they were fully finishing them but these guys are leaving half a joint unsmoked and throwing that down… such a waste of weed. We also have two cats, if they ingest one at least i’ll know who to send the bill to. I swept the patio when we first moved in a month ago (dozens upon dozens) and cleaned those up. I went away for four days and just got back yesterday to find DOZENS UPON DOZENS MORE!! Now i’m a smoker too… but it’s against my beliefs to waste that much weed, i’m more mad about that. I have swept up at least an 8th worth of wasted weed. Like if i was just seeing the raw filters, that’s an easy clean up. These people have spread weed all over my patio now from it falling out the joint when im sweeping. If you live in the bushwick area and you smoke on your porch above a patio. GET AN ASHTRAY!!! My goddamn patio is not your personal ashtray.

Guys what would you do if you lived beside a woman and her son that play music all day everyday and night very very loud and consistent. I have a 1 year old in bed and the still don’t respect it I tried talking to her and of course she’s always drunk to never takes it seriously or has no sympathy . She does not respect her neighbours the other side to. She deliberately plays music in her car very loud just to piss us off I have rang the Garda many times and contacted the council as she lives in council house. I have bought this house. And regret every bit of it. Me and my husband have to sleep with ear buds or we will never get any sleep for work. Both up early and dread going to bed because she has her music on constantly. If there were ever a purge day in my life my neighbour would be first pick. She is a horrible woman. I don’t mind an odd house party or events but come on . Every night of the week ! Get a life! Council can’t do anything for us just gave us the log sheet to fill in but had to go to court if we want to do something about her. Any suggestions???

My neighbors downstairs play music directly underneath me. For example if I’m in the kitchen they will start playing music very loud in that area so I’ll move to the bedroom and close the door and the music will follow me and now the kitchen is quite. At first I didn’t think to much of it except this is annoying, tried asking them to keep it down and that only made things worse now they play music if I’m in the bathroom, getting dressed, and even when I’m sleeping. I’m at a point where I can’t even sit in a chair like a statue and stair out the window because any footsteps I make to a room they will follow and blast their music very loud to get to me. The only time they don’t play music is if I’m having a conversation so they can listen. I told the landlord and he refuses to do anything even tho 2 neighbors who are next to the apartment downstairs moved out in the last 3 months when all this started. I don’t know what to do?

*UPDATE\* This morning I did file a report with the police department. The threats were taken very seriously and I was told I did the right thing for my safety. A record was made and if something happens they now have the recording for reference. Then 15 minutes ago I got a follow up call from the community officer who handles neighbor disputes, I told him what happened and he said if that ever happens to call 911. A threat, even a threat as vague as the one he made is a serious matter and could be considered criminal harassment. He told me to call 911 now if I felt like we were in danger or if in the future if I felt threatened by them for any reason to call immediately.

I've had a ton of problems with our upstairs neighbors since they moved in about a year ago to the point where we needed to get a Ring camera installed in our shared entryway. This morning I noticed them setting something down in front of my door so I checked the video and in the 4 and a half minutes our camera was recording the following happened.

*18-19 YO Is at the door speaking to somebody from the electric company about installing a new meter before closing the door and going to get our landlords number from his mom. He says this as he walks away\*

"THIS WHOLE HOUSE IS RETA**ED. RETA**ED PEOPLE, RETA**ED OWNER, EVERYONES FUCKING STUPID."

*He comes back downstairs, and the guy asks if he can check out the meter in the yard, he walks to the yard and the neighbor says in clear sight of the Ring cam\*

"I'M TIRED OF THIS SHIT MAN. RETA**ED ASS OWNER... EVERYONES RETA**ED, EVERYONES RETA**ED, EVERYONES RETA**ED. EVERYONE IS RETA**ED, I'VE NEVER MET DUMBER WHITE PEOPLE THAN HERE LIKE THEY ALL GOTTA DIE"

*The electric company guy returns and tells him he'll give the landlord a call and a pamphlet of information about the new meter, the neighbor takes it sets it in front of our door and says this as he walks away\*

"I DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT THIS HOUSE. THIS WHOLE HOUSE COULD BURN DOWN I COULDN'T GIVE A FUCK, FUCK THIS SHIT BRO"

I've already contacted the landlord and sent him the videos but honestly I still don't feel great about the situation, I'm probably going to go file a police report tomorrow but wanted to get some additional advice

When we moved to the neighborhood over a year ago, it seemed to be a quiet sweet place to raise our baby. However, for months we thought there was a skunk trolling the neighborhood because it always smelled skunky outside at night.

It took me a while to realize what it was, as I haven't smoked in years and it didn't cross my mind that my retired old couple neighbors could be getting high every night lol. I'd like to state here that I don't have a problem with people smoking, I just hate the smell. So it started with me being a little irritated sometimes, but that's a me issue so whatever.

For the past couple of months however, it has seemed like 24/7 it just reeks outside. I would take my now toddler to go play in our backyard, and would have to take her inside because they would be actively smoking in their backyard next to mine and the smell was so overpowering. This is so frustrating as I live in a state that snows a ton (got 12 inches this past weekend), so I like to take advantage of being outside on nice days.

Tonight I've hit a point where I feel so angry. We like to sleep with our window cracked so it gets cold in our room. I just woke up in the middle of the night, and our room reeks of that skunky weed smell. Like wtf?? How much could they possibly be smoking for my own house to stink of it?? Especially at 4AM!!

It's not like I'm going to go confront my elderly neighbors for doing something perfectly legal just because I don't like the smell, but I am so so frustrated.

This happened a couple of years ago but it still creeps me out.

When our friendly neighbors across the street moved, I went to introduce myself to the new neighbors but they didn't seem interested, I just wanted to say "Hi" .. tell them my name and that of my husband and who (our three cats at the time) lived there and if I could help in any way to let us know.

The seemed uninterested in even saying "Hello" so I let if drop; as I saw the NFH to the West of us go over with Lattes and slander. No issues as they are closer in age to each other and I have lots of friends and good relationships with others.

Around 8 or 9 years pass and they have a young son, let's call him "Teddy" and daughter let's call her "Margie." I would wave to the kids and joke with them a bit now and again .. by joking, I mean if they looked at me and started jumping up and down, I would do the same and we would all giggle but the parents were cool to us, no big deal as we knew that they were close to several of our NFH and being kind and/or friendly towards us might affect their relationships. No big deal.

This happened a couple of years ago but others will bring it up now and again. Plus it's something that when I often see "Teddy" pops into my head.

Since I don't engage very much with the kids of any NFH. I feel that it makes matters easier and if I say something like "Hello" .. they can't turn it into that I told them to go to hell.

This is what happened. I came out of my house and "Teddy" who was about eight at the time started to scream "I HATE YOU (INSERT MY FIRST NAME) .. YOU ARE ILLEGAL WEARING A BLACKHAWKS JERSEY ALL THE TIME, BECAUSE OF YOU, I CAN'T (I couldn't make out exactly what was said because he was screaming and ranting), I HATE YOU!!!!

At this point, I was so nervous that I started to laugh ... the father screamed over "He's a Dallas Star fan, sorry." and went into the house. Neither parent told me what was going on but I had the audio (picked up by our security system as the screaming was that loud.) and played it for some people who told me that it sounded like "Teddy" was on the spectrum, so I let it drop.

But "Teddy" still glares at me. His parents allow this to continue and I've done nothing to cause this situation. I've done nothing to cause this except that I'm victimized by their friends who are NFH to us and some others.

Just a vent.

***The parents are well aware that I'd like an explanation and if there is a "real" issue to fix it.

This happened a few years ago in a previous house. My wife and I had just moved in about a month prior, and we were buying some new furniture for the house. We found a big chair that we liked and were taking it out of the car and in through the front door. I had just opened the front door and my wife and I had our hands full with the chair. Then we hear our next door neighbor calling for her medium-size dog. She never has her dog on a leash, even though there is a leash law. The dog was running around their yard, ignoring the neighbor's calls, then he sees our open front door. He sprints towards it, and my wife and I watch helplessly as the dog enters our house as we're trying to get the chair inside. We can hear the dog running all through our house. The neighbor calmly strolls through our front door and grabs her dog and walks out. She laughs as she gives a half-hearted apology and says "Oh, the previous house owners let my dog in their house all the time". We had muddy paw prints all over our carpets and we had to get the carpets professionally cleaned. We struggled whether to send them a bill, but decided not to, because we didn't want any tension between us.

This was our first introduction to our next-door neighbor. She and her husband never introduced themselves or welcomed us to the neighborhood. After we got over the shock, I started thinking, what if we had small kids in the house? We had a cat, who the dog had not found, fortunately. For the couple of years that we lived there, they let their dog run free all over everyone's yards. We were worried that the dog would get hit, but weren't sure what to do. We eventually moved, but I think about this whenever we see an unleashed dog.

I rent a unit in row homes in Philadelphia, I have lived here for just a few months and do not know my neighbors very well. I absolutely hate trash, it is my least favorite chore because I get so disgusted with food waste and am particularly sensitive to those smells. With this, I put a lot of effort into keeping my trash can clean. I double bag all my trash before it goes down into my outdoor bin, and I leave the outdoor bin in my garage locked away at all times besides the night before / morning of trash pick-up. I also have the bin very clearly labeled all over it with my address and unit number, and it has a lid that through drilling a hole I connected to the bin itself and it secures tightly to avoid animals getting in on their own. Someone keeps putting their nasty trash inside my bin. Not only do they throw in a barely tied shut bag, or just throw loose unbagged food trash in it, they also do not secure the lid back on. So now, and like other times before, I come back to find a disgusting mess in my bin that has clearly been ravaged by raccoons and filled with trash that is not mine and trash all over the driveway behind my house. This time, my bin is not only disgusting with whatever liquids and food remnants they had in their trash, but it is also now filled with ants and bugs! I cannot put this back in my garage without washing it, and the absolute last thing on Earth I could imagine doing right now after a 12-hour day at medical school is hand clean out this bin in the dark outside in the alley behind my house.

How can I stop this from happening? If I knew who kept doing it I truly would go dump the remains of this on their door I am so irritated. I see people talking about locks, but then how would the trash people be able to empty it? I don't leave it out otherwise so the only time I need it locked is while it's waiting for the trash workers. I don't have the money to be investing in security cameras and lights over a trash can, nor do I think I would even be allowed to install them on the property since I just rent. Does anyone have suggestions? Or do I just have to deal with this indefinitely?

I asked her 3 times to not let it happen again. This is her response via text:

Okay like seriously dude I LITERALLY have had him locked up in my fucking house and on our zip line for two damn days SINCE weve had this talk. Ive tracked his shits in this damn book and have been up his fucking ass about everything. Its giving me major fucking anxiety.
Im so sorry I got home and my kid who is 2 left the door open while I was transferring shit into the house.
I LITERALLY ASK YOU TO SHOOT HIM ON SIGHT next time and bring me the dead body. If it this big of an issue, because were literally about to rehome him or do something because you have an issue. We will do that FOR YOU. Because were trying our fucking hardest.
If you can check your footage I literally caught that he was gone within 2 minutes and went and grabbed him, had no idea he shit there becaue HE LITERALLY JUST SHIT AT MY HOUSE like minutes before.
So idk why he must not like you either because he chooses to shit there.

YOU WONT SEE ANYTHING FROM US ANYMORE.
Thank you

She's insane right? Should I alert animal control since she is literally telling me to shoot her dog?

I added the rest of our convo below

My neighbour get his hose out to wash his truck and directs the water over the fence wetting me everytime im near the Fence line.yesterday. He got the hose out then realised I was on the other side of yard so took his hose back inside 😂 anyway he put a up a portable carport with Steel post up against a yucca plant in my yard that touching the house powerlines. You no what I have had enough of bullies so Im not going to tell them the safety risk they just made worse for themselves 😂

Literalmente todos os dias, eles vivem pra mim.

Não sei se é pq estão satisfeitos com sua vida… mais é incrível, como são otarios.

Faço stream live, e não tenho tempo pra eles. Oq eu faço? É literalmente todos os dias

Aprendi que não devo ser o conforto para meus adversários. E tento o máximo criar não dar, conexão pra eles