Obama got to my trash service too

[kawiracer14]

I rent :-)

[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.

[centrarchidae]

Moving here from Texas, this home-owner contracted trash pickup was new to me. The municipality you lived in took care of it. It was effective and you didn't have trash cans on the curb multiple days per week.

Moving here from Northern Harare, er, Chicago, it was new to me too. But the idea of NOT having to add a bunch more city employees to the payroll in order to do another job about as well as they fill potholes, fix parking tickets, and stop street crime while giving lots of tax money to someone's cousin seemed like a neat change.

[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.

[clodhopper]

I rent :-)

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

[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.

[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.

[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.