residentofcre said:
There are people who won't even take the trash to the curb on time. They let it pile up in the back yard near the shed. Here they are paying for trash pick up and they don't even haul it out to the curb.
There are people who let it pile up somewhere around the house and then throw it all in the back of a truck and haul it to the compactor by the pick up load.
Then there are the people who figure it's just as easy to carry it out to the truck as it is to the shed or the curb. They go to the compactor spot on the for the tractor trailer to load up again, are half out in the lane. way to work. It's a routine. At least at the compactor site the environment is somewhat protected. It's not all that bad.
You know what bugs me the most about the compactor site at Appeal? It's the roads. The cars that are waiting to get in, when the gates are closed
On top of that you have people trying to turn left into Food Lion, and even tho it's illegal, you have people turning left out of Food Lion onto HG Truman. Add a couple of busses and we are going to have a real nightmare.
If they hadn't stopped the monthly meetings we could have figured this out by now. The kids would have been safer if only there were monthly community updates.
I am one of those who let's it pile up and haul it by the pick up load. Why? Well, the closest site it Pushaw Station for me and it's about 10 miles away. It's not on the way to work or anything like that. It's a real chore. THis last Sunday, I was on my way south (not on a trash run) and noticed 3 pick ups on the side of the road at 11:40 waiting for the compactor site to open. What a waste of time. I don't claim to have all the answers. I don't plan on changing the world but I can offer my view as a person who has seen it done both ways. It really is a lot nicer (and cheaper if you do the math) to have it picked up at your house. Someone stated in a post a while back that driving it to the site beats having to have your trash out to the curb by 5 am. I respect that opinion but I can't make sense of it. I can tell you, as a person who has had it both ways (no, I'm talking about trash!), that it's so much nicer paying the $300 a year to the county and having it all taken care of for you.
*No gas ($$$$$$$)
*No pick up truck
*Less time to drag it to the curb
*No line at the compactor site
*No waiting for the site to open or change containers
*Much less work and time altogether.
*No trash on the side of the road. I notice more as I approached Pushaw Station Rd. Not only paper and general trash but kid's old play toys, cardboard boxes, end tables, etc.
*Less traffic
*More time with your family instead of the guy who pushes the button on the compactor.
* Less money spent on large black trash bags (at least for me).
*In AAco, they even picked up 100 bags of leaves in the fall if you had that many. Christmas trees, branches, gumballs, no problem. Here, I think (correct me if I'm wrong) we have to haul them all the way to Appeal.
*In AAco, they also picked up that old fridge or washer if you called them, no charge.
*Sound like it creates a traffic mess around CRE/Lusby on the weekends. Why?
O.K. Im sure some of you will suggest I move back. Don't bother. I am not #####in' to bitc'. I really do like it here. I am just offering my experience as a resident of both counties. I think you really don't know what you are missing. It's worth every penny. Heck, you are already paying $103 for nothing. Why not have another $100 or so to have it all taken care of.
The maggots crawling up my arms after cleaning up the trash again must have distracted me. Just kidding. I did that yesterday.
