Wow, why not just go knock on the door and have a nice chat,maybe even offer to help bag up said leaves? I agree that not everyone around has the same standards of what is right behaviour.
We used to, in America, believe in something called a "free market", now making a profit is evil and the Government should step in and do something about it. Truly a sad day in America, we have fallen so far from the idea of individual freedom and limited Government. I suppose someone will let me know how much profit is too much.
As for my neighbor, my point is just that he's obviously lazy and it irritates me. It has nothing to do with standards, I've had plenty of letters from the HOA, LOL.
The "free market" argument fails because are laws are in place because truly free markets suck. It sucked bad for us. Perhaps we've gone a little too far with legislation, but some regulation is needed. This isn't about profit. It's about making profit under the same conditions that other law abiding businesses are subject to.