Do you have a Mr.Or a Ms,"Collector" in YOUR neighborhood?

Question

I think and also believe that there is more than likely at least one of these types of people living in one house on one block of most neighborhoods! I had one in my old neighborhood...the fellow was a terrific hoarder..the neighbors watched out for one another..and they would always call the fire department on this man(who was a professor at a local university) Mr,Collector would collect newspapers stacked high up to the ceilings! among other things..but, the papers were pretty dangerous!

then there was another neighborhood, of an ex-boyfriends', there was a "anything type" of hoarder...collecting planting pots,and string,and sticks and lots of other things, that I really didn't know about!


So, what about you all, anybody in your neighborhood with these tendencies and what do you do, or have you done regarding these persons?
if anything? andy why or why not?

Answer 1

The person two doors over collects odd dishes ,broken clay pots,glass balls, tea pots and cups.she puts them all over her garden no plants or flowers.She thinks it lovely and proudly shows it off.Funny we call her ms. junk collector in whisper that is

Answer 2

I have never personally known a hoarder, but I know of them. It is a type of OCD. A lot of times, these people are actually perfectionists, but so extreme that they are afraid to move anything because it won't be perfect. These people do have the right to live that way, and under the law you can't do much about it. The only thing you can do is to report it if it reaches truly dangerous levels, where they are breaking fire codes or creating other dangerous situations.

Answer 3

My neighbors are packrats! You can just barley walk through the house there is so much stuff in there! There kid moved I think or she is lost in there!
I myself am a packrat but every so offten I clean out my stuff you can walk in my house
And I don't say much its not my house

Answer 4

I try to mind my own business. It works amazingly well.

Answer 5

Unless there is a health hazard, it is none of your business.