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Urination damages someone's property, either private or municipal. BTW, it appears what SanFran's sanctuary status pays off – there is steadily growing number

Urination damages someone's property, either private or municipal. BTW, it appears what SanFran's sanctuary status pays off – there is steadily growing number of open defecation cases https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/City-plans-to-power-wash-the-poop-out-of-the-14878629.php https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/City-plans-to-power-was...

pope_meat 5y ago
If that's the case our cities should have fallen apart by now from just the dogs alone.
- astura 5y ago
  I mean... Urine has destroyed light posts, before, even in SF. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/City-lamp-post-falls-and-urine-was-a-factor-6424634.php https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/City-lamp-post-falls-... >“We believe there was some contribution of dog or human urine on the base of the pole,” PUC spokesman Tyrone Jue said. “It has actually been an issue for us in the past. We encourage people and dogs alike to do their business in other places, like a proper restroom or one of our fire hydrants, which are stronger and made out of cast iron.” Urine accelerates the corrosion of the metal base of street poles, he said. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/derbyshire/2938749.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/derbyshire/293874... >The six month monitoring survey is costing Derbyshire County Council £75,000. It was commissioned after a report found that years of exposure to the highly acidic urine from dogs can cause the base of the posts to crumple away. >It is part of a national campaign after someone died when a light collapsed.
  - asah 5y ago
    Leaving this here: Human Waste Shuts Down BART Escalators "When work crews pulled open a broken BART escalator at San Francisco's Civic Center Station last month, they found so much human excrement in its works they had to call a hazardous-materials team." https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Human-waste-shuts-down-BART-escalators-3735981.php https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Human-waste-shuts-dow...

pope_meat 5y ago

If that's the case our cities should have fallen apart by now from just the dogs alone.

astura 5y ago
I mean... Urine has destroyed light posts, before, even in SF. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/City-lamp-post-falls-and-urine-was-a-factor-6424634.php https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/City-lamp-post-falls-... >“We believe there was some contribution of dog or human urine on the base of the pole,” PUC spokesman Tyrone Jue said. “It has actually been an issue for us in the past. We encourage people and dogs alike to do their business in other places, like a proper restroom or one of our fire hydrants, which are stronger and made out of cast iron.” Urine accelerates the corrosion of the metal base of street poles, he said. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/derbyshire/2938749.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/derbyshire/293874... >The six month monitoring survey is costing Derbyshire County Council £75,000. It was commissioned after a report found that years of exposure to the highly acidic urine from dogs can cause the base of the posts to crumple away. >It is part of a national campaign after someone died when a light collapsed.
- asah 5y ago
  Leaving this here: Human Waste Shuts Down BART Escalators "When work crews pulled open a broken BART escalator at San Francisco's Civic Center Station last month, they found so much human excrement in its works they had to call a hazardous-materials team." https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Human-waste-shuts-down-BART-escalators-3735981.php https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Human-waste-shuts-dow...