Philadelphians need to stop trashing their neighborhoods and I mean that literally. The trash that litters the streets is not dropped off in the night by little green men from Mars. This is our stuff -- if not you-- your neighbors and your children. The city of Philadelphia does not have the money to hire enough employees to pick up behind the slobs that live here. I moved to South Philly two years ago and I am appalled at the amount of trash and outright garbage that people feel free to dump onto the public right of way. And for the most part, it is just left there. I don't see many outraged block residents rushing to pick it up. They just ignore it, or add their contribution to the mess.
If someone dumps an empty bottle or chip bag or pizza flyer on my street and I see it, I pick it up and put it in my own trash can. Do I like cleaning up behind some stranger or their ill-mannered children? No. But it is my block, my front yard, my front stoop, and my home value that is damaged if I don't.
E.Young
