Can I push you to give it a try - places with honesty boxes feel like places with honesty boxes if that makes sense.

Obviously you might get your car egged once - but you can get eggs anywhere.

If it's any help, my (admittedly very nice) corner of Bristol has a couple of honesty boxes for eggs and things about the place and I've never seen any trouble from it.

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kypro 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

I'm considering placing a sign on the wall saying to knock for eggs next time we want to get rid of some. I think that's a fair compromise.

We get a lot of crime around here... The issue with an eggs honesty box is that it's likely to be a nuisance to the neighbourhood. If people are willing to smash windows, I doubt they'd think twice about throw some eggs around. In fact we got egged ourselves a couple of halloween's ago...

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specproc 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Not quite honesty boxes, but Bristol has a good culture of "tat".

It used to be quite common to see usable household goods left outside a house for others to take.

	▲	Ichthypresbyter 6 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		As opposed to the story about the person who leaves their unwanted furniture outside with a sign reading "Free- Please Take". It sits there undisturbed for a week. Then they replace the sign with one that reads "$10- put cash in letterbox" Within an hour, the furniture is gone, though of course there's no cash!
	▲	ghaff 6 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I guess it's very location-dependent. I live a ways off a pretty busy exurban road in MA and if I leave somewhat useable stuff at the end of my driveway with a free sign it will probably be gone withing a few hours.