PJ O'Rourke would often quote his grandmother, "Being poor doesn't mean you can't pick up your yard".
Unfortunately, there is not a county/parish (in Louisiana) that does not have people living like this with property that is just trashy as hell. My neighbor and his wife were like that. Yard and house full of trash and junky but they were nice folks otherwise.
Their place finally caught fire and burned down last year and they moved and sold the property. Took two guys six weeks to clean up the lot for the buyer.
There is probably a piece of property just like this within one mile of each and every one of us. Taking a bath and keeping our property cleaned up falls within the context of "social contract" that we are all supposed to live by to some extent without the local police having to be called to make us bathe or clean up our property and take care of children and animals.
Chief Laramie of the Andover police is worth quoting: "We're not baby sitters."
This is the way people are and I do not think it is going to change any time soon....
Have a good day wherever you are and do what you can to support Bush and our troops.
Gung ho and semper fi...
Where do you think all the supportors of the NHDumbocraps and WMD come from? This family already has started their next collection of abused animals. (Mom bought a puppy with her spare cash.)