I would never want to live in a place where I would have to clear up someone else's dog's crap...

Exactly. :yep:

I got a great view of my neighbor's garden sky high in dog sh*t. :nope:

City folks are funny! :yep:

I wouldn't know - I live in a quiet country village myself.

About the schools thing. I agree the wrong approach was used but with many people buying second houses just to get into a school I can see why it was done. Again heel and good intentions.

I blame the whole school choice thing. Too much choice. You are in a catchment area, you go to that school end of. It is up to the government to make sure the schools are good. Infact with all the people who can afford to go to the good schols teh bad ones sink lower. I you had a decent spread amongs the schools it might be found that the worse schools start to perform better. Who knows.

OK... I admit Ionly read the first page of this topic but,

WHAT THE HELL IS A SMELL JAR ? And do I really want to know ? :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

I'm not sure if what you call country is the same thing over here. There are places on my property up in Maine that i'm quite sure haven't felt the tread of a human being in well over a hundred years.

Relevance to the topic under discussion escapes me, I'm afraid.

To recap:

The British government spys on it's citizens to see if they pick up their dogs poop. Being required to pick up dog poop is a peculiarity of urban life. Quiet English country villages must be somewhat urban (by US standards) if they also force dog owners to police up their animals poop. Seems clear to me. ;)

Indeed, which is precisely why legislation, and methods of enforcing it, are required to ensure a certain quality of life for the majority.