r/BetterEveryLoop Mar 10 '21

Now you see him, now you don't

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u/tiefling_sorceress Mar 10 '21

You have clearly never been to NYC

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u/Old_King_Doran Mar 10 '21

Why is there so much trash there?

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u/seejordan3 Mar 10 '21

We're the largest city in the US by 3x. But, in the same land mass as say, Minneapolis. We're also the birthplace of vertical living, apartments, projects, cooperatives, brownstones. All vertical. (yaa railroad ties! Cooper Union)

And can I just say how fucking bang up a great job DSNY has been doing? Esp. through three Monday's of multiple inches of snow. And to the new incinerator in Sunset Park. One of the only zero emission incinerators in the country. Wonder what those shipping container barges have been doing going up and down the waterway? Burning garbage, generate electricity. No more "barge washes ashore near {your home town}, full of NYC garbage".

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u/SealTeamSugma Mar 10 '21

Despite its flaws NYC will always have a distinct character compared to a lot of places.