Why are the mattresses still there? I guess we just now wait 2000 years for mattresses to naturally degrade in MoCo public spaces after someone dumps them.

People in the US are just disgusting and don’t show respect for their space

It’s everywhere, but where I live they take the prisoners out and have them pick it up. They give them money to spend in the commissary for the work and it’s voluntary. MoCo should try it but would probably be accused of prisoner abuse.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More people in a given area will do that.
If you want to live in an area with fewer people, move further out.
But I suspect you don't want to do that.

It's a little phenomenon called urbanization.

What load of horsesh!t.

I've been to cities like Tokyo, which is some of the densest ubanization in the world. No one dumps trash anywhere. It is pristine. It is something toxic and very low class mindset of the people in MoCo now. Just pure degeneracy.

Lol, blaming it on urban lifestyle. You're clueless.

Yeah it's definitely not that simple. I live further out in the NOVA suburbs. My kids have played soccer on a few different fields in our area, located within parks that have housing nearby. The density of the housing is similar, but the demographics are not. At certain parks there is a lot more trash littering the perimeter of the fields. It's a byproduct of people not feeling a sense of shared responsibility to keep public areas clean and not bothering to teach their kids to do this. There's no need to sugarcoat or skirt around it. We can all see it with our own eyes. "Cultural differences" is not an excuse. It is low class behavior.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I walk my neighborhood in Rockville and pick up trash every single day. It's disgusting. This is what happens when you bring different cultures together quickly, though. People also don't pick up their dog's poop. I do it for them because I hate looking at it and at empty Taco Bell bags and wrappers chucked out the window. I miss it when people thought littering was unacceptable.

I think you and others in this thread are being incredibly intolerant. At the OP correctly pointed out, our communities are welcoming havens for people of many cultural backgrounds; this is what makes our communities so rich and vibrant.

For you (and others) to impose your westernized expectations on others is incredibly culturally-insensitive.

This has to be trolling.

The answer is to pressure your local officials to take action to enforce violations of illegal dumping in public spaces.
Make people actually pay the $2000 fine, or whatever the sign says is the violation for littering.
Organize neighborhood cleanup days.
Provide more community service (trash pickup) opportunities for adult and juvenile offenders.
Lobby your school district to bring back civic responsibility as a mandatory part of the curriculum, and don't blindly assume all parents will teach their kids how to be responsible citizens. Countries like Japan teach children how to clean the classrooms each day; the education about being a good citizen starts early.
Otherwise posting to complain about this stuff is like flatulence in the wind; it will not achieve anything.

Anonymous wrote:Import the third world, become the third world.

Please let me know which third world country my middle-aged white neighbor who doesn't pick up his dog crap is from?

The mattresses are still there.....

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More people in a given area will do that.
If you want to live in an area with fewer people, move further out.
But I suspect you don't want to do that.

It's a little phenomenon called urbanization.

What load of horsesh!t.

I've been to cities like Tokyo, which is some of the densest ubanization in the world. No one dumps trash anywhere. It is pristine. It is something toxic and very low class mindset of the people in MoCo now. Just pure degeneracy.

Lol, blaming it on urban lifestyle. You're clueless.

Or Singapore!

Anonymous wrote:What is with MoCo recently? The grass around tons and tons of medians is absolutely OUT OF CONTROL. Is the county even cutting grass anymore? I've seen areas where the grass is so high now it is almost as high as the stop sign.

Call 311 to report it.

What is with MoCo recently? The grass around tons and tons of medians is absolutely OUT OF CONTROL. Is the county even cutting grass anymore? I've seen areas where the grass is so high now it is almost as high as the stop sign.

Lots of trash on Seven Locks Road

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I walk my neighborhood in Rockville and pick up trash every single day. It's disgusting. This is what happens when you bring different cultures together quickly, though. People also don't pick up their dog's poop. I do it for them because I hate looking at it and at empty Taco Bell bags and wrappers chucked out the window. I miss it when people thought littering was unacceptable.

I think you and others in this thread are being incredibly intolerant. At the OP correctly pointed out, our communities are welcoming havens for people of many cultural backgrounds; this is what makes our communities so rich and vibrant.

For you (and others) to impose your westernized expectations on others is incredibly culturally-insensitive.

I for one love the “westernized expectations” of cleanliness. As someone who moved out of one of those dirty third country ghettos, I appreciate clean streets and picked up trash. I hope all of my other rich and vibrant fellow immigrants to adopt this westernized, cultural norm of cleanliness.
What’s really funny to me is that some of you tolerant folks don’t think us immigrants are smart enough or cultured enough to learn to pick up after ourselves.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I walk my neighborhood in Rockville and pick up trash every single day. It's disgusting. This is what happens when you bring different cultures together quickly, though. People also don't pick up their dog's poop. I do it for them because I hate looking at it and at empty Taco Bell bags and wrappers chucked out the window. I miss it when people thought littering was unacceptable.

I think you and others in this thread are being incredibly intolerant. At the OP correctly pointed out, our communities are welcoming havens for people of many cultural backgrounds; this is what makes our communities so rich and vibrant.

For you (and others) to impose your westernized expectations on others is incredibly culturally-insensitive.

Excuse me? I’m intolerant for picking up garbage almost daily because I don’t want to live in a trash dump?

I hope you’re joking. And you know what else, some cultural norms are BETTER than others. There, I said it.

Anonymous wrote:I walk my neighborhood in Rockville and pick up trash every single day. It's disgusting. This is what happens when you bring different cultures together quickly, though. People also don't pick up their dog's poop. I do it for them because I hate looking at it and at empty Taco Bell bags and wrappers chucked out the window. I miss it when people thought littering was unacceptable.

I think you and others in this thread are being incredibly intolerant. At the OP correctly pointed out, our communities are welcoming havens for people of many cultural backgrounds; this is what makes our communities so rich and vibrant.

For you (and others) to impose your westernized expectations on others is incredibly culturally-insensitive.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trash pick up is not free in most of moco. It’s obviously not an excuse to dump trash but moco should provide the service for everyone not just some. We all pay taxes.
I live in Burtonsville and none of us have trash pick up, we have to pay privately.

I've never lived in a place with private contractors for trash pickup. I'm sure a lot of people try to save money and just dump their trash where ever.

Most places I have lived have had municipal trash pickup that is mandatory and you get a bill from the city every month.

Bulk trash pickup is definitely not free in Montgomery County for people who live in multi-family dwellings. Multi-family dwellings have to contract with private companies for trash pickup — including bulk trash. In my case, in a condo, I pay state and local taxes, property taxes, and condo fees — and still would have to pay additional fees for any bulk trash pickup. “Bulk” in my case includes anything other than flattened boxes, recyclables and bagged household trash with size limits. Many older electronics and children’s toys, for example, can’t be discarded without paying fees and arranging for pickups.

My old apartment had dumpsters — which was great.