karmahappytoes said: I just love neighbors that plant on property lines and don't care what mess their neighbors have to deal with.
We don't know that that is the case, and usually it isn't. Most town yards have tiny yards and even just one average tree can fill it and the wind can blow leaves, sap/debris for yards. Animals like squirrels and birds can move hundreds of nuts/fruits a day. Many people move into a place and the trees are already there, they didn't put them there on purpose themselves. Many people may like to have them down but can't do it or afford it. Then there are people who practically worship trees, and think you go to the bad place if you cut one. You can't please everyone. One could just as easily say that most people know when they buy a house that the house next door, with a postage stamp size yard, has a tree in it that is too large for the space. Then after they move in, they complain about it and want their neighbors to fix it. That was one thing I specifically looked at when buying our last house, that the neighboring yards did not have huge trees that would interfere w my garden plans.
There are some city/county areas that do not allow homeowners to cut any trees down even on their own property, without permission-the trees are protected. If the sap is as bad as it has been presented, simply trimming them back is really not going to fix it. And in only a few short years the tree will fill back in and the problem will still be there.
