Today's Adventure: Taking Responsibility

shattered glass near a neighbor's driveway

   We live in a nice neighborhood where houses were built in the early 1960s and most people keep their houses nice and lawns well-cared for. There are exceptions of course, and it's the lazy ones that stand out. Today, though I'm writing about just being responsible for little things- like whenever your trash spills out, or glass breaks on the street. 
   In short, clean it up!

Some of the shattered glass

  There are no sidewalks in our neighborhood until you get on one of the more traveled throughways, so everyone walks on the side of the street. Many people in the neighborhood walk their dogs, too. 
  THE ISSUE: At a house located about 4 houses from us, there has been shattered glass on the street for the last 2 weeks. We can't figure out if the house is inhabited (although trash is put out occasionally) and there are 2 cars in the driveway that are covered over.  No one ever answers the door either, so we think the house is abandoned and just being used to keep cars.

All cleaned up - it took 4 minutes

   Not only is this large area of shattered glass troublesome for dogs and dog walkers, but little kids play in the area and sometimes run barefoot - not to mention getting glass in car tires. 
ACTION:  
   NO ONE has picked it up. So, now that I waited the two weeks, I walked over with a bag and dustpan and brush and swept it up.   We just don't understand the lack of care, concern for anyone or why anyone would want a large area of shattered glass in front of their house. The lack of consideration for others makes us crazy!