Wow Villette, you sure got a lot of responses to this thread!!! No wonder you needed to vent!!!!
! I didn't read every single post, so I don't know if anyone mentioned a shut-off valve. I would shut off the connetion to the line that feeds the hose. That is just so ignorant of them to do this to you. It will be interesting to see how much your water bill decreases after you shut that valve off. I would even consider adding the difference and multplying it by the amount of years that you have lived there and present the total to them suggesting they pay you that amount since it was water they were using. Top it off with telling them you changed your mind on sharing your garbage cans. I wish you the best! You are such a giving person....however, "giving" and "taking" are 2 different things and it sounds like it is high time your theifing neighbors learned the difference!!!