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Old 04-07-2009, 09:39 AM
 
Location: SW MO
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Well, here in rural CA, east of Sacramento, it seems pretty clean and neat in my opinion. (Maybe Lake Junkie & Curmudgeon can speak to this as well.) I am surprised at the amount of trash some are describing here. If we ever do end up moving to SW MO and there's that much trash around, then that will be a shock to me.
Fairly neat and clean in my opinion as well. Cities can be somewhat of an exception but by-and-large, local and county governments take trash disposal and collection seriously and make it easy for people to do it comfortably and recycle responsibly.

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What I'm looking forward to is the day when we've got so many califoreigners living in Missouri that every small town has its own Gay Pride Parade. Then we trashy old beer-bellied hillbillies can line up on Main Street and watch the californians mince past us lightly in their loafers while we hoot and holler and guzzle beer.
They're just liable to think you're cute, dontcha know!
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Old 04-07-2009, 05:37 PM
 
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I moved to St. Louis from Mogadishu and I think it's a great improvement!
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Old 04-07-2009, 06:17 PM
 
Location: Finally escaped The People's Republic of California
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What I'm looking forward to is the day when every small town has its own Gay Pride Parade Then we trashy old beer-bellied hillbillies can line up on Main Street and meet the man of our dreams..
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Old 04-07-2009, 06:50 PM
 
Location: Rolla, Phelps County, Ozarks, Missouri
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Bassman, you did it to me again! Proving, I suppose, that Californians are so much smarter and wittier than big-bellied good ole boy Missouri hillbillies.

P.s. to ShadowCaver: Tell that durn fisherman to quit tinkering with my quotes. LOL
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Old 04-07-2009, 07:42 PM
 
Location: MO Ozarkian in NE Hoosierana
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Bassman, you did it to me again! Proving, I suppose, that Californians are so much smarter and wittier than big-bellied good ole boy Missouri hillbillies.

P.s. to ShadowCaver: Tell that durn fisherman to quit tinkering with my "quotes". I'm starting to have feelings for him. LOL

Ummmm,,, what are you talking about?
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Old 04-08-2009, 07:24 AM
 
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Tell that durn fisherman to quit tinkering with my quotes. LOL
That was pretty funny! Ol' Bassman is sneaky!
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Old 04-08-2009, 09:12 AM
 
Location: Branson-Hollister-Kimberling City-Blue Eye-Ridgedale
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Default Hear...hear!

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On this part of this wide topic, need to be careful that we ["we" being all of us that care for, live in, want to move to, etc. Missouri] do not get into a scenario where its perceived as an "us vs. them"... For a wide variety of reasons, we all share feelings about and for this state. Likewise, we all want what is best for ourselves too. All that is being done with different perspectives, histories, and desires...

...'tis terribly sad what we humans do [knowingly and/or unknowingly] to this world.


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I think most of us are considerably more complex than the stereotypes others pin on us, and other people do not usually fit into the stereotypes we try to squeeze them into.

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Old 04-08-2009, 09:20 AM
 
Location: Branson-Hollister-Kimberling City-Blue Eye-Ridgedale
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Default Trash. Stereotypes. Hmmmm....

Speaking to the trash issue, as I have lived in 4 different states, all of them have areas that are more run down or trashy...and areas where there is more pride or money or whatever it takes to make people care.

I do remember as a child...back in the '60's...there was a huge marketing campaign (no idea who did it) about littering. We were encouraged at every turn NOT to be a "litter bug". I even remember the little bug on the "Don't Be A Litterbug" billboards. This was in Central/Northern California. My parents reinforced that message, and today I am absolutely unable to throw trash out the window of my car. Absolutely unable. Once in a while I see someone do that...it's still shocking to me.

I do not think there is more trash thrown around in Missouri than anywhere else, but wouldn't it be nice if there wasn't ANY!

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Old 04-08-2009, 02:56 PM
 
Location: In God's Hands
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do remember as a child...back in the '60's...there was a huge marketing campaign (no idea who did it) about littering. We were encouraged at every turn NOT to be a "litter bug". I even remember the little bug on the "Don't Be A Litterbug" billboards. This was in Central/Northern California. My parents reinforced that message, and today I am absolutely unable to throw trash out the window of my car. Absolutely unable. Once in a while I see someone do that...it's still shocking to me.

I was a child in the '70s and '80s, but I remember the "Don't Be a Litter Bug" signs too. It is absolutely unthinkable for me to throw trash out the car window. There's been a few times I have tossed my gum out, but only after waiting until no other cars are driving by to see me doing it. That's not a good idea though because usually I don't fling it far enough and it just blows back and sticks to the side of the car. Actions do have consequences, right?
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Old 04-08-2009, 03:42 PM
 
Location: Rolla, Phelps County, Ozarks, Missouri
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Texas has the best anti-littering slogan, "Don't Mess With Texas." It seems like it's now an unofficial state motto; it's on coffee mugs, tee-shirts, posters, etc.
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