Has NYC finally quit it with their stupid idea of just letting trash bags sit on the street? This is something that basically every other city in the world has figured out.
I left NYC many years ago. I was still young when i had to leave. But I remember how dirty it was. I recently went back. It still is dirty. It’s by design. Sometimes the only trash bags I’d see get picked up by the city were the ones the homeless taped together over the sewer/ subway to make vents so the hot air could reach into people’s "tents’.
Well that’s how trash pickup is done all across the country. Clear plastic bags (usually you have to purchase them specific to each ward and each trash type) on the footpath a few times a week. Usually gone by lunch time. Apartment buildings can end up with huge piles of them. The crows love picking apart the bags and spreading trash about.
Japan really isn’t some mythical cleanly place and I’ve no idea how they managed to get that stereotype. I’ve seen fly tipping, piss jugs, trash along the motorways, riverbanks covered in empty drink bottles. Its the same as anywhere else.
Has NYC finally quit it with their stupid idea of just letting trash bags sit on the street? This is something that basically every other city in the world has figured out.
It was a corruption issue. Has nothing to do with fixing issues
I left NYC many years ago. I was still young when i had to leave. But I remember how dirty it was. I recently went back. It still is dirty. It’s by design. Sometimes the only trash bags I’d see get picked up by the city were the ones the homeless taped together over the sewer/ subway to make vents so the hot air could reach into people’s "tents’.
The entire countries of Egypt and Jordan would like to have a word with you.
Except like, the entirety of Japan.
I haven’t been to Japan, but from what I hear, it’s not the kind of place where you’re going to find piles of trash bags on the street.
Well that’s how trash pickup is done all across the country. Clear plastic bags (usually you have to purchase them specific to each ward and each trash type) on the footpath a few times a week. Usually gone by lunch time. Apartment buildings can end up with huge piles of them. The crows love picking apart the bags and spreading trash about.
Japan really isn’t some mythical cleanly place and I’ve no idea how they managed to get that stereotype. I’ve seen fly tipping, piss jugs, trash along the motorways, riverbanks covered in empty drink bottles. Its the same as anywhere else.
Also, Barcelona and many other Mediterranean cities