litter in Maryland ugh!

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Anonymous wrote:The state probably reduced highway litter pickup as a cost savings measure.

At least Maryland regularly mows its roadway medians, unlike Virginia which does the bare minimum in median maintenance...

I'd rather have overgrown medians than litter ha ha

Actually the mowing was pretty terrible in MoCo this year too- Covid related somehow although mowing seems like a pretty socially distant job.

I think it's the budget. You get what you pay for.

Rockville city services is pretty good about mowing the medians, and what not. I live around the border of Rockville city and MoCo, and I notice a difference. For example, along Falls Rd, there are sidewalks on the Rockville side, and the public grass areas are mowed regularly. Once you cross over to the county side, the sidewalk stops and the grass along the public roads are unkempt.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of non/low-taxpayers in MD...

what difference does this make, not being snarky, truly I am curious?

People who don't pay taxes or pay very little taxes do not have a sense of being a stakeholder. I don't recall where I read this, but it's an established theory that a broad tax base is conducive to civic engagement because people take better care of things that they help pay for.

There is definitely some truth to this. We have a large ‘underground/cash-only’ economy in Montgomery County.

Plus, many laws aren’t enforced, which adds to the feeling of ‘who cares if I throw my trash on the ground’. Nobody is going to enforce any litter laws anyway.

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The redder the county, the more litter you see. You don’t see this trash in Blue areas.

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Anonymous wrote:The redder the county, the more litter you see. You don’t see this trash in Blue areas.

You must be a comedian, cause that's some funny stuff.

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Anonymous wrote:The redder the county, the more litter you see. You don’t see this trash in Blue areas. [/quote

Are you serious?Have you ever been to Philly? No bluer place and the litter is knee high.

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Anonymous wrote:The redder the county, the more litter you see. You don’t see this trash in Blue areas. [/quote

Are you serious?Have you ever been to Philly? No bluer place and the litter is knee high.

Does doo-doo and drug paraphernalia on sidewalks in San Francisco count as litter?

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Pg county is covered in litter.

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Hipster 16th and 14th street have so much gum on the sidewalks. nasty.

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Anonymous wrote:What can we do to stop this?

Uh, nothing. You live in Maryland now.

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Council doesn't care. They want more and more dense housing so they can get development money for their campaigns (while claiming its for affordable housing), and you're going to get more litter. If you don't like it, you'll have to move.

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Huh I've never seen litter in maryland. But I live in a nice section, I'm not poor like the OP. Sucks to suck

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Anonymous wrote:Huh I've never seen litter in maryland. But I live in a nice section, I'm not poor like the OP. Sucks to suck

Where do you live?

I’m not the OP, though I do live with the poors. Sadly, we have litter everywhere here. But driving around, even in some of the ‘nicer’ parts of Montgomery County, I see trash on the sides of the road constantly.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is there so much roadside litter in Maryland as compared to NOVA? It's like people go to Chic fil A or McDonalds then throw their trash out their car window, I have never seen this phenomena anywhere else in my life. I lived 20 years in NOVA, recently moved to Maryland, and I am shocked and disgusted. What can we do to stop this?

I agree the litter is bad in Maryland but it is NOTHING compared to what I’ve seen on the side of the highway in California, especially near LA. I’ve seen sofas, refrigerators, toilets, bags of clothes, and other random things in addition to trash and countless plastic bags off of the highway in California. For decades. It’s awful.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve never noticed this. Where are you driving?

Southern Maryland

That's a poor area. You are comparing a poor area to a rich area like NoVa? If I drive around poor parts of VA will I see litter on the roads? Yes, I will.

Oh ok

So why do poor areas have more litter, what is the correlation between poor and litter?

Poor people have poor ways.

^^^That’s a saying that dates back 100+ years.