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Yet sidewalks in cities around most of the developed world drown in dog/cat poop and pee, something that would have seemed strange a generation ago, and still s
by new2628 6y ago
Yet sidewalks in cities around most of the developed world drown in dog/cat poop and pee, something that would have seemed strange a generation ago, and still seems if you travel from a less pet-crazy place.
- chadcmulligan 6y agoreally? Big fines in Australian cities if you don't pick up your dog poo. Aliens watching would assume Dogs are the masters - humans follow them around and pick up the poo.
- 082349872349872 6y agoWe have these liberally spread about: https://www.robi-ag.ch https://www.robi-ag.ch (I am disappointed they changed the logo. The old one was: https://grundig9000.com/storm/robidog.jpg https://grundig9000.com/storm/robidog.jpg )
- vladvasiliu 6y agoAre they well stocked, too? We've got plenty of those around Paris, especially close to parks and green squares. They often look empty. And in any case, people don't seem to have their own bags either. I don't have hard numbers, but it's generally a good idea to look where you step on the sidewalks. Although it's true that subjectively it seems somewhat better than a 5-10 years ago.
- 082349872349872 6y agoyes, well stocked (just checked 3 different ones today).
- bryanrasmussen 6y agomaybe the humans are parasites on the dogs, although seeing the humans throw out the poop later would certainly complicate the graph of life the aliens were developing for our planet.
- drran 6y agoIt looks like problem! I'm going to create «Rumba for dog poo» startup!
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoTry googling that and you will see it already exists but probably not in the way you imagined.
- pjc50 6y agoReally? The campaign in the UK to get owners to clean it up was within my lifetime. It used to be a lot worse. Similar story for Clean Air Acts. Go back a further generation and you have horses being used for delivery.
- _Microft 6y agoReally? I have very rarely seen dog dirt here in Germany. We've got bag dispensers in parks here where dog owners can get bags if they haven't brought any for example.
- stefanfisk 6y agoNaturally it’s not necessarily representative of the country as a whole, but isn’t Berlin famous for having dog poop on every street?
- hannob 6y agoNo? I live in Berlin. I think it's too dirty and we should do more about it. I don't perceive dogs as a major problem. (My gut feeling would be the top problems are cigarette buds, trash from grilling parties and bottles from alcoholic beverages.)
- new2628 6y agoI agree that in Berlin it is not as _major_ problem as in some other large cities, but still, it is telling that it is widely accepted as normal that all building corners that face the sidewalk are constantly pissed by dogs with the coloring of the walls clearly visible everywhere. As for poop, 90% of the times people pick it up, the rest can still ruin your day if you step into it.
- 082349872349872 6y agoIf the bottles stay whole: http://lh3.ggpht.com/-QTcvS4ps9DI/VGIxcC2EVnI/AAAAAAAAN3I/cnZLvGGK8tE/s640/IMG_20141111_160023.jpg http://lh3.ggpht.com/-QTcvS4ps9DI/VGIxcC2EVnI/AAAAAAAAN3I/cn... https://www.rbb24.de/content/dam/rbb/rbb/rbb24/2020/2020_01/dpa-account/altglas.jpg.jpg/size=708x398.jpg https://www.rbb24.de/content/dam/rbb/rbb/rbb24/2020/2020_01/... then current Berlin is already doing better than last-century Boston, where they were commonly reduced to broken bits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RShAxvg5MJE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RShAxvg5MJE
- aaronchall 6y ago
- Broken_Hippo 6y agoI highly doubt this is true. I've never lived in a place outside of the developed world, but I also have never lived or visited a place where the sidewalks drowned in dog/cat poop and pee. In fact, I've never actually watched a cat pee on the sidewalk in places where it cannot be covered up, simply because that's not how cats tend to act. Where are you getting your information from? How much have you traveled? What is your definition of city? Do you have some proof?
- superhuzza 6y agoI lived in France for 10 years, virtually nobody picked up waste from their pets. Just wasn't a cultural norm. Not necessarily that different in Italy or Spain as well. Maybe the attitude is changing now, I don't know. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/apr/12/why-cant-french-cities-clean-up-after-their-dogs-montpellier https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/apr/12/why-cant-fren...
- Enginerrrd 6y agoTo be fair, the French men also routinely pee on buildings and alleys in public. Your observations of Spain puzzle me though. I always found the Spanish to be exceptionally festidious people with remarkably clean streets.
- Tobias42 6y agoI remember noticing the same in Marseille about 10 years ago, but Paris for example was already quite different back then. Now I live in Madrid and not picking up after your dog is very much frowned upon, and you see very little pet waste in the streets.
- neutronicus 6y agoWell, "drown" is a strong word, but I see feces (of questionably animal origin) all the time in my US city, on the sidewalks and otherwise. In my building we have to put trash bins out in the alley, and people always throw dog shit in those on trash day, too.