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Yup, if you live below the 20th floor in most buildings, the trash cans thudding at 2am is pretty jarring. I am sure there is an engineering solve to pad the c

• viraptor 2y ago
  Well... There's another thing that they could learn from other cities. You can pick up the bins at 6am for example.
  • yowzadave 2y ago
    Yes, although then you have a lot more traffic to deal with. A typical garbage truck moves slowly down a city block, preventing a line of cars behind it from moving. Every change will upset some constituency, and their various needs need to be balanced. Life in the city!
    • boringg 2y ago
      viraptor hasn't been to NYC apparently. No way are garbage trucks roaming at 6 am. What a cluster bomb that would be.
      • viraptor 2y ago
        The comment was less about the specific time and more about "see how other cities solve this". I get that it's a complex issue, but also many issues around it are self inflicted/imposed. Some Sydney councils for example rotate the routes often to avoid one place getting a 3am pickup constantly. (it's stretched until midday or so) And that's before getting to the part where the traffic itself is a problem and how is emergency response supposed to work in a place that can't handle a garbage truck.