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View Poll Results: Why do People Litter?
They're Morons 32 65.31%
They're Yinzers 7 14.29%
They're Just Keeping the Place "Real" (Whatever That Means) 4 8.16%
All of the Above 6 12.24%
Voters: 49. You may not vote on this poll

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Unread 09-28-2011, 06:08 AM
Status: "Pittsburgh: America's Most Livable City" (set 27 days ago)
 
Location: Polish Hill, Pittsburgh, PA
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Thumbs down Why Do People Litter?

Bear in mind this thread is intended to merely serve as an opportunity for me to blow off a little bit of steam, and, understandably, I'm a bit frazzled right now. This morning I cleaned out my car and proceeded to pick up approximately a dozen additional pieces of litter cluttering the sidewalk and curb area just within a few doors of my home here in the East End. I then proceeded to drive my car down to Meineke in the Strip, where I'm having my brakes serviced. On my walk back up the hill the amount of garbage I passed, which ranged from fast-food containers, napkins, plastic bags, and, yes, tons of cigarette butts really disturbed and irked me to the point where I'm about to head back down in a little bit with another trash bag and start picking some of it up.

Why, pray tell, do so many Greater Pittsburghers litter? Please feel free to elaborate below.
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Unread 09-28-2011, 06:21 AM
 
Location: Just East of the Southern Portion of the Western Part of PA
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Laziness. That is all.
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Unread 09-28-2011, 06:24 AM
Status: "Not much time for CD these days but I'll post when I can" (set 25 days ago)
 
Location: Loudoun County, VA
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Reputation: 39274
It's a habit. Habits are hard to break.
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Unread 09-28-2011, 06:29 AM
 
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To drive SCR crazy!
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Unread 09-28-2011, 06:31 AM
 
Location: Athens, GA (via Pittsburgh, PA)
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Because they take no pride in where they live.
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Unread 09-28-2011, 06:34 AM
 
Location: PB
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They just don't give a f*ck. I don't think it's about pride about where they live or anything, I'm sure their houses are just as dirty. When you don't care about anything you do dumb things.

I really want to do my own personal photo tour of the trash I see piled up all over the city.
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Unread 09-28-2011, 06:34 AM
 
Location: West of the Pacific Ocean
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Originally Posted by SteelCityRising View Post
Bear in mind this thread is intended to merely serve as an opportunity for me to blow off a little bit of steam, and, understandably, I'm a bit frazzled right now. This morning I cleaned out my car and proceeded to pick up approximately a dozen additional pieces of litter cluttering the sidewalk and curb area just within a few doors of my home here in the East End. I then proceeded to drive my car down to Meineke in the Strip, where I'm having my brakes serviced. On my walk back up the hill the amount of garbage I passed, which ranged from fast-food containers, napkins, plastic bags, and, yes, tons of cigarette butts really disturbed and irked me to the point where I'm about to head back down in a little bit with another trash bag and start picking some of it up.

Why, pray tell, do so many Greater Pittsburghers litter? Please feel free to elaborate below.
You could start an awareness group, and start education campaigns or renting billboards for it. Seems like an interesting undertaking.
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Unread 09-28-2011, 06:37 AM
Status: "Pittsburgh: America's Most Livable City" (set 27 days ago)
 
Location: Polish Hill, Pittsburgh, PA
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Laziness. That is all.
I really don't see what's so difficult about keeping a small trash bag in your car and emptying it periodically. I'm not countering you, but it would take a VERY lazy person to consider it to be "too much effort" to do that instead of chucking stuff out their windows.

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It's a habit. Habits are hard to break.
True. I love, love, LOVE this city. With that being said I don't care if people label me a "whiner" because I harp so much about the trouble with littering here. My partner is trying to quit smoking, so I can understand how difficult it can be to ebb compulsive behaviors that are detrimental to those around you.

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To drive SCR crazy!
AMEN!

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Originally Posted by Gnutella View Post
Because they take no pride in where they live.
That's a royal shame, too. There's so many reasons to take pride in this place. I never find myself bored, and I still have yet to discover or enjoy MOST of the city's attractions! Like it or not if Pittsburgh wants to succeed in the future it needs to curtail its continued massive population nosedive. It would be much easier to showcase the city in a positive light if we didn't have to try to avert newcomers' attention to the litter.
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Unread 09-28-2011, 06:43 AM
 
Location: ELFS
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I don't know. I don't litter. I chose "morons," because it's such an easy thing to not do, it's hard to imagine why anyone would do it. I think it's pretty snarky of you to think to blame it on "yinzers," though. I don't think it's a class issue.

I must say this (again): I didn't notice litter until you moved here and began ranting about it.
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Unread 09-28-2011, 06:45 AM
 
Location: PB
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I must say this (again): I didn't notice litter until you moved here and began ranting about it.
Same here. It was quite a "damn, they're right, this place DOES look like Mumbai" moment.
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