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> The status quo is sanitary and efficient. Are we talking about the same NYC? Visit Manhattan in mid July/August. Bags of garbage leaking juices and oil out
by walrus01 4y ago
> The status quo is sanitary and efficient.
Are we talking about the same NYC? Visit Manhattan in mid July/August. Bags of garbage leaking juices and oil out onto the street into a huge greasy spot where the designated collection spot is near the curb. The whole city smells like a toaster oven roasted ballsack.
Then combine that with all the cumulative liters of urine per day from dogs and humans all throughout the city.
- dredmorbius 4y agoIt could be worse, and was once: <https://99percentinvisible.org/article/cities-paved-dung-urban-design-great-horse-manure-crisis-1894/ https://99percentinvisible.org/article/cities-paved-dung-urb...> Cleaning up after horses (including, often, the horses themselves) is a large part of why and how NYC's municipal waste system evolved to its present state.