Did teaching kids to respect other people's property go out of fashion 20-30 years ago without me noticing?

 

In other words that is not the first time I have heard that happening. In a couple of streets with high numbers of housing corp houses near here there has been constant problems with the bush reserve behind them filling up with rubbish. The policy of having to pay per bag for rubbish collection has been blaimed for much of that.

 

My sister and BIL bought their house for a song because it had been let to bad tenants. Half the kitchen was missing presumed sold as had the more valuable parts of the fireplace surroundings (this is a victorian villa). Clearing it and the back yard out  produced a pile of rubbish 4 metres high that covered the small front yard, 4 jumbo bins worth.

 

One of the weirder finds was a pile of over 20 decomposing teddybear heads.

Sis was surprised to discover that the backyard had a leveled section with a beautifully built brick retaining wall a couple of feet high with steps. It was completely buried under the rubbish.