I have a new retaining wall but i love near a bus stop. I have a 4 year old. Unfortunately homeless and other want to sit/lie down and smoke on my wall. What is the best way to prevent this? Bumps on the wall? Spiky bushes?
Asking them nicely has not worked. Asking less kindly only works momentarily.
Any advice would be appreciated.
by BigButtSkinner7
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I’d say plants with thorns should deter people, but there is no guarantee they won’t pull them out.
Maybe paint it and get a sign that says wet paint. Should deter people for a day or two. and it would be funny
Maybe a sprinkler system that mists the top of the wall during peak bus traffic hours.
Putting some type of bumpy surface on top of the wall would make people not want to sit on it.
Plant perennials or drift roses, if you have the sun and they work in your area, that spill over the wall
Spikey, prickly, thorny bushes. Also, may sound stupid since it’s getting colder, but sprinklers.
There are motion activated sprinklers you can get to deter deer and other animals. Just saying
Install a guerilla bench at the bus stop. It’ll work magic. Or petition your city for an actual bench.
As a disabled person who had to have little sits all over the place before finally getting a wheelchair 🖕🏻
i was already feeling bad for your wall, being homeless & retaining and stuff.
OP make it a 6ft tall wall. thats your only option.
so you can either put 3 ft more pavers on top, or , likely what most people do, is put a 3 ft wood fence on top of your existing wall.
We need to open up the state hospitals again to get rid of these crazy people walking our streets. We didn’t have this problem 40 years ago
So people need to back off OP. The general homeless population isn’t that nice old lady from Home Alone…. In my area the homeless who have a ton of resources, outreach programs, free food, free shelter and so on still terrorize the area. There is so many options for them but they don’t take it. Now the bus stops are covered in feces, addicts who lay in public drunk with their dicks out. I have seen so much it’s not even funny. Here is a homeowner who is asking for help and people are shitting on him for it. OP add water in some way no one like to be wet and cold.
I would make a wrought iron looking topper for the wall .
Walls. More walls. and fencing.
Cap it with a steep angle. That would prevent lying down on it, at least.
As far as leaning against it…it’s a wall along a public walkway near/at a bus stop. There is nothing to be done there, IMHO.
Double check codes in your area. I know in mine, any retaining wall 2ft+ required a 4ft+ fence on it to keep anyone from accidentally taking a spill over the edge.
Reddit is going to say op is a piece of crap unless he lets all the homeless live in his house
Look for bird spikes that are used on building peaks and stuff. Your kid may not like it if he tumbles into it, but neither will the homeless.
The dark part of me is thinking a short metallic fence with spikes pointing towards the stop.
Bluetooth speaker with loud classical music.
Prickly Holly bushes all along the wall.
Set up a sprinkler with a proximity sensor.
Water sprinklers
Burning oil-filled moat. Tell the local oil change place to come regularly and refill.
Put an invisible fence right up against the wall and get a pitbull. Problem
Solved
Maybe put in a hedge line of holly bushes?
Cactus
Automatic sprinkle
Add cement spikes etc. Same way they do under bridges.
Barberries should do the trick
Camera motion activated sprinklers in lawn, could also start calling the cops for loitering I guess too
You can get coping/angled cap stones, that make it less flat
Call the police and press trespassing charges.
Sprinklers with remote timer app on your phone.
Gatling gun mounted on the porch
Motion activated sprinkler! Half joking half serious.
A neighbor has a corner lot with no fence. They were tired of people defecating and leaving needles in their yard. So they got a motion activated water sprinkler. I don’t think I’ve see anyone trespass in their yard since then.
If you build a wall will you make them pay for it?
Seriously though, collect your dog shit and put it right there. All you have to do is break their habit then rack up the shit. We did it behind our garage where they would sit in the shade and do drugs.
You could install a metal like [this](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/123286108524171789/)
Plant holly or yucca along the wall.