Obama got to my trash service too

[rondog]

Ours is through the hoa and paid for with our hoa dues.

Same here. No complaints.

[Dave_L]

Same here. No complaints.

Yup. Helps ease the pain of paying an HOA too when you factor in what you'd pay for trash otherwise.

[clodhopper]

Loveland does a great job picking up trash. But since it is municipal, the actual cost isn't clear. I imagine if I had superior accounting skills and gobs of free time I could request city records and calc out how expensive it is. But since I have neither, I will continue to enjoy my government supplied single payer rubbish care and not worry about the price.

[kawiracer14]

I rent :-)

[clodhopper]

I rent :-)

Dont fool yourself. You pay the cost. It just isn't itemized in your rent payment.

[kawiracer14]

Dont fool yourself. You pay the cost. It just isn't itemized in your rent payment.

Of course, but it's one less bill to have to pay every month.

[Gman]

I guess it's relative to the service you received. Last place I lived, they dropped off green, wheeled, plastic bins. 1 guy in a truck pulls up in the alley in a truck that has a mechanical arm that picks up and dumps each can. Was quick and really efficient.

We also had a monthly service where a stake bed truck with a grappling claw would pick up large items at the street. Got rid of an old steel shed and a huge elm limb that way.

Granted, the city also supplied the electricity. It was a different situation.

...but I've also had to deal with some fly-by-night providers around here before. Waste Management has been more expensive, but they also don't hassle me if I have a big week.

[gnihcraes]

We as a neighborhood did this years ago, it kept everything on the same day, not multiple vendors, multiple trucks, noisy trucks, quiet trucks. It was nice to tell the vendor - One Quiet Truck please.

But again, not everyone was required to do so.

I pay my $5 without a choice just for working in Denver to help pay for those services. Nothing I can do about it, except quit my job.

[brutal]

We as a neighborhood did this years ago, it kept everything on the same day, not multiple vendors, multiple trucks, noisy trucks, quiet trucks. It was nice to tell the vendor - One Quiet Truck please.

But again, not everyone was required to do so.

I pay my $5 without a choice just for working in Denver to help pay for those services. Nothing I can do about it, except quit my job.

While I prefer not having anyone tell me what I can and cannot do with my property, there are some benefits to HOA's. No pink houses, etc. We have no covenants here so it can become mayhem.

Thankfully, trashy house/yard renter down the street is gone and ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME NOISY TRUCK 7AM vendor has pulled out of the area. Probably got too many complaints.