This happens I know, but not around my general vicinity that I've noticed. The worst things people do in my neighborhood is blow them into the street - as if this makes them magically invisable. We usually just mulch whatever we have into the lawn and don't really care where they came from.

this seems like such a piddly concern. must be the Joe and Joanne Workers at it again. I hate Lawns and Yards. when i was a kid we constantly got kicked off of people's property. it's like these bozos went and suffered 8 hours a day, making someone else rich, just so they could have a junky lawn that they treated better than their own kids. it's crap. who cares about grass? or leaves being blown in your yard? seems a worthless concern or Peeve to me. I wouldn't care about this.

Leaf blowers are another dumb invention.The gas/oil mixture produces noxious fumes,which the user and anyone nearby inhale,and they churn up all kinds of nasty debris besides just the leaves.All of that just to push them in someone elses way-OBNOXIOUS!(oh,and they can also lead to repetitive motion injuries if used as part of a job.)

Hey, where'd these leaves come from? Eschew's yard? That's five blocks from here! UPDATE: . . . and isn't there a Kerry/Edwards sign, right about where that mountain of leaves is now? Hmmm. Isn't he a staunch republican?