Trashing the Streets is Trashing the Society
posted on 2 January 2012 | posted in
Cars and Transport
Finding litter throughout the streets in an inner-city neighborhood is expected, while finding trash laden roads and allyways in an upscale neighborhood is unexpected. Though trash pick up is a government funded program - even using road sweepers - these neighborhoods continue to have problems with trash and litter. While some of the problem can be attributed to low quality trash pick up workers, who are not careful with bags and can rip them and leave the remanants behind, its more likely, on a larger scale, caused by individual people in the society. The fault lies within each person. Often, people think that their small piece of trash won't matter. They toss a cigarette butt or a gum wrapper out their window or toss it while walking. These smaller items all add up and some who don't care will discard larger items. These additions of trash give the city a dingy, low class look that seems to fulfill a stereotype about larger cities and how filthy they can be versus the more suburbinite American dream.
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