Is neighborhood litter a crazy reason to want to move?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I cleaned up our block regularly when I lived in the city. Now that we're in the boring burbs, it's a non-issue.

Depends where you live in the city. NW DC is far cleaner than the rest. You don't see tons of litter in Kent.

I was in NWDC, but the high-density part. I think you'll find it anyplace that's a mix of commercial/residential, no matter which quadrant.

No actually, you really don't. Huge swaths of Ward 3 and parts of Ward 2 that are a quick 2-3 block walk to commerce on Connecticut / Wisconsin / Mass do not have litter.

The strictly commercial sections _previously_ had no litter, either, but there has been a small uptick where there are buildings now comprised of formerly unhoused voucher recipients on bits of Conn. and Wisc. But still very little.

I think those commercial areas just have a lot of privately funded clean up. The stores pay for it because it’s important to their business. There may well also be less litter there than other areas, but I think any public commercial zone that seems really clean is getting cleaned a lot. Litter picked up, sidewalks washed, etc.

What point are you trying to make? Whether the stores are paying or having staff do it, so be it. It makes a world of difference on the neighborhood to have store owners who care. Most store/land owners do not give a shit, which drags down an entire neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Get out asap

[Anonymous]

This is one of the few things I love about moving to the burbs. No more litter!

[Anonymous]

Yes, it is the BID's that keep those areas clean.

[Anonymous]

No, neighborhood litter is a good reason to move. Why would you want to live in that environment? Also suggests that you are surrounded by people who just don’t care about the neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Litter has very little to do with poverty. It has everything to do with mental sickness and poor breeding.

[Anonymous]

Yes, trash issues were the main reason I moved from my suburban TH to a SFH on a small street. The TH issue wasn't litter exactly, it was that there was no place to store trash bins so people put plastic bags on the curb, sometimes daily or whenever their bag was full. Animals would tear open the bags and strew trash everywhere.

[Anonymous]

I live on a street that kids use to walk to school. It's deeply annoying how many chip bags, candy wrappers and soda bottles are just tossed on my lawn. It's a non issue during the summer and winter breaks, so it's definitely the middle schoolers.

[Anonymous]

Ugh, commuting this morning I watched someone toss a banana peel out the window onto the street. Mercedes with VA plates. Some people just weren't raised right, money or not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would move. Not because of the litter but because your neighbors are people that litter or your neighborhood is so full of transients and loitering.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, commuting this morning I watched someone toss a banana peel out the window onto the street. Mercedes with VA plates. Some people just weren't raised right, money or not.

Ignorant people truly believe littering fruit trash is permitted. They think animals quickly eat it or it magically biodegrades. I kid you not. Apples, bananas, orange peels.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Litter has very little to do with poverty. It has everything to do with mental sickness and poor breeding.

Filthy people are Godless. If neighborhood filth doesn't bother you, you are hopeless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, neighborhood litter is a good reason to move. Why would you want to live in that environment? Also suggests that you are surrounded by people who just don’t care about the neighborhood.

+1. No pride. Content to wallow in filth.

[Anonymous]

Are you in the City of Alexandria OP?

Of course trash and litter is enough of a reason to move feel free to move asap!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nasty. Next thing you know there are needles on the street and liquor bottles.

This and human waste.