As someone coming from a city who's had this problem for years, I can just say it can get better. We've petitioned, protested, lobbied and in the end it happen

As someone coming from a city who's had this problem for years, I can just say it can get better. We've petitioned, protested, lobbied and in the end it happened. The city is Zenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the end, as success can often be, it was so anti-climatic (no pun intended). One year it just got better, we felt it and went on with our lives.