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Last time I was in Manhattan there were literally mountains of trash on the sidewalk and the entire city smelled like it.
by ryguytilidie 9y ago
Last time I was in Manhattan there were literally mountains of trash on the sidewalk and the entire city smelled like it.
- nrhk 9y agoProbably a trash collection day. Those days during the summer are gonna stink, no real way around it. The city is remarkably clean and safe for what it is.
- cr1895 9y agoNYC of the 70s-90s was considerably different from today: much less safe, bankrupt, gritty, dirty...while you might have seen and smelled some trash, it's not at all like it used to be. http://all-that-is-interesting.com/1980s-new-york http://all-that-is-interesting.com/1980s-new-york
- namlem 9y agoThat's just garbage day though.
- ghaff 9y agoThe areas of Manhattan you'd be likely to visit are very dense and there are generally no back alleys so, even with the system working as intended, there can be a lot of trash that ends up on the sidewalk waiting to be collected. Yes, in the summer especially, Manhattan gets hot and smelly. There's a reason that a "house in the Hamptons" is something of a meme for wealthy New Yorkers. When I lived in Manhattan one summer, during a time when the city was "rougher around the edges" than today, I was definitely ready to get out of town on a number of weekends.
- flukus 9y ago> there can be a lot of trash that ends up on the sidewalk waiting to be collected. Correct my if I'm wrong, but they still put bags of trash out don't they? Those things also attract rats who can easily chew through the bags or they can not be tied up properly in the first place, allowing he smell to escape. Why don't they use tidier, less smelly wheelie bins: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=chakra&q=wheelie+bins&iax=images&ia=images https://duckduckgo.com/?t=chakra&q=wheelie+bins&iax=images&i...