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How do you get rid of bad neighbors? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So our neighbors have been a growing problem for a few months now. They seem to be a flop house for six or seven people, most of them look high all day. They go out and Rev a Harley at 3am, they burn plastic been our houses in a fire pit, they have a new dog every two weeks because they keep getting out and getting hit by traffic in the busy street we live on, the current two have bit people. I'm not one to care how someone lives, but these folks make the rest of our slum neighborhood look downright utopian.

I've tried taking to them, they're stupidly hostile. I've put in complaints with the city, noise complaints with the police, they don't do anything about it. Does anyone have advice on dealing with this? I'm tired, at my wits end, and my small town tactics aren't as easy to pull off in a proper city.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Considering who the neighbors are, the cats could be in danger.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Gonna level with you... If they're roaming outdoor cats, they're already in danger. If you really feel motivated to help them this would also bring them to an easier for SPCA to pick up. They're also a threat to local wildlife.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Used to be - by the numbers - a cat that goes outside At All would live half as long as one that never-not-once went outside.

Now it's 1/4. Source: SPCA contact.

And sure they'll kill pests, but a housecat is an absolute killing machine for songbirds. You want less mosquitoes, you need to see far fewer cats.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I think we've done well enough with the insect extinction

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I have 3 "strays" currently that are all 15+ years old, born outside and the only time they've seen a vet was when they were fixed.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

good on your for animal negligence I guess.

strange flex.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I mean they've never need to go and got their shots when they were fixed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

....look, good on you for taking care of 3 strays, but honestly: pets require yearly vaccinations - you really aren't doing them any favors if they haven't been to the vet since they were spayed/neutered. Please, take care of your animals.

https://www.lowcostpetvaccinations.net/cat-vaccinations-cat-need/