These two live accross the hall from each other and both complain about mice and roaches and on any given day you can see that they keep their garbage in the hallway.  

To lawfully close your property to traffic, a landowner must post a "No Trespassing" sign in accordance with laws currently in effect in that jurisdiction...but in many urban settings, this seems a bit futile.

This one made me laugh. Take your old entertainment center and drag it out your back door. Instead of putting it in the alley, leave it on the stoop and start filling it with garbage until your landlord discovers it. Leroy calls this ghetto yard art.

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As a landlord, I will happily subject myself to Ebonics for the sake of cleanliness.