What pieces of the puzzle does Pittsburgh lack to be a great city? (Duquesne: homeless, friendly)

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by ex-burgher

Since leaving, I've lived in Columbus, Boston, Dallas, and now Charlotte. Litter is worse in Pittsburgh than all of these places.

Some would argue only out of towners litter the parking lots at a KC concert, but there is definitely a lot of litter on a daily basis in the city. Not sure if they can't keep up with cleaning it or if they just let it go until they decide to clean it up.

[PghYinzer]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

Don't worry. You'll soon find some people on here willing to make excuses for the types of people who litter.

Not me this time. I think the fine for littering should be extreme. I am always picking up trash on my way to the bus each morning and on my way home. On Brookline Blvd it seems like people clean out their cars while parked, and then drive off leaving piles of trash. It’s fast food and junk food wrappers most of the time. What blows my mind is the people that don’t even pick the litter out of their own front yards, but just walk past it to their front doors.

[SteelCityRising]

Originally Posted by PghYinzer

Not me this time. I think the fine for littering should be extreme. I am always picking up trash on my way to the bus each morning and on my way home. On Brookline Blvd it seems like people clean out their cars while parked, and then drive off leaving piles of trash. It’s fast food and junk food wrappers most of the time. What blows my mind is the people that don’t even pick the litter out of their own front yards, but just walk past it to their front doors.

I walk down through the Strip daily via Penn Avenue from 28th Street to Downtown. Talk about litter everywhere!

[Copanut]

Litter is one of my pet peeves, just don't understand low lifes that can't find a trash bin. Hate to see what their home looks like.

[Merge]

Originally Posted by UKyank

I agree with this. Sidewalks are terrible in many areas & litter has to be among the worst in US cities; luckily the spring & summer green growth manages to hide much of it.

That's an interesting indictment. Care to share anything besides anecdotal evidence to back up such a bold claim?

Full disclosure: I don't believe you'll find anything which suggests that Pittsburgh is the worst city in PA when it comes to litter, let along being among the nation's leaders.

[ex-burgher]

The two cities I've been in which are also litter-strewn are Philly and Baltimore (in particular garbage in the harbor). I think the worst cities are in the Northeast and Rust Belt. No data seems to exist - just based on my experience. I travel a lot.
Midwestern, Southern and Western cities are cleaner - even Chicago.

[lets_go_pens]

Originally Posted by Merge

That's an interesting indictment. Care to share anything besides anecdotal evidence to back up such a bold claim?

Full disclosure: I don't believe you'll find anything which suggests that Pittsburgh is the worst city in PA when it comes to litter, let along being among the nation's leaders.

Here's what I found (from the dailymail.co.uk):

TOP 10 DIRTIEST U.S. CITIES
1. New Orleans
2. Philadelphia
3. Los Angeles
4. Memphis
5. New York
6. Baltimore
7. Las vegas
8. Miami
9. Atlanta
10. Houston

[UKyank]

Originally Posted by Merge

That's an interesting indictment. Care to share anything besides anecdotal evidence to back up such a bold claim?

My two eyes are all I need to notice more litter here than other cities I've visited.
Besides 'has to be' is not a very bold claim at all & most certainly one of opinion.

[wpipkins2]

Originally Posted by ex-burgher

The two cities I've been in which are also litter-strewn are Philly and Baltimore (in particular garbage in the harbor). I think the worst cities are in the Northeast and Rust Belt. No data seems to exist - just based on my experience. I travel a lot.
Midwestern, Southern and Western cities are cleaner - even Chicago.

It may have to do with dense pedestrian friendly older cities. These cities tend to have a mix of people on the streets with public transportation. You don't many people walking the inner city streets of Columbus or Charlotte outside of downtown.

[ex-burgher]

Originally Posted by wpipkins2

It may have to do with dense pedestrian friendly older cities. These cities tend to have a mix of people on the streets with public transportation. You don't many people walking the inner city streets of Columbus or Charlotte outside of downtown.

That's a good point. Plus cities in other regions have newer, cleaner looking infrastructure and don't have a history of heavy industry so air pollution has not built up a layer of grime on sidewalks and other infrastructure over years.