As I read back my post below, it occurs to me that I'm beginning to sound like
a one-track
mind jerk, so I apologize in advance. I thought about deleting the post, but I
figure it's
better to be honest and let it stay.
I guess part of the problem for me and litter is that I've never lived in a
place where it's so
prevelent. It truly disgusts me. The nearest local town I lived in prior to
moving here was
Allenhurst, which we all know is pretty spotless. Same goes for Edgewater up
north.
When I think back to around the year 2000, I was living in Allenhurst, and
dating a girl
here in AP. Occasionally, me and my dog would spend the night at her place, and
I'd take
my dog for a walk in AP and back then I vowed never to live in a place this
dirty. So I guess
I can only blame myself for moving to a place that had a problem I already
knew about.
Personally, I can't relate to the mentality of a person who thinks it's ok to
just drop their
trash anywhere they want to. I guess growing up in the 70's and watching that
commercial
with the Indian crying had an effect on me.
Anyhow, I apologize to my friends here for my frequent rants on this subject.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Jack Pitzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I think I'm going to have to either avoid the park, or somehow figure out how
> to
reprogram
> my brain.
> I just went for a dog walk in the park, and yesterdays immaculately cleaned
> fountain
already
> had somebodies discarded snot rags, cigarette packs, cupcake packages and
> other
assorted
> crap in and around it.
> I'm close to giving up.
> But before I do, I'm working on a meeting on Sunday with people from Trinty
> Church, so
> hopefully something good will come of that. Maybe I could convince them that
> a good
> incentive for people looking to utilize their charity services would be to
> equip some of
them
> as volunteers to help clean up the park on a daily basis. Give them some
> clean up
supplies
> and send them into the park. Maybe it would be good for both the people
> seeking
charitiable
> help, as well as keeping an otherwise beautiful park clean.
> Of course, I'm constantly reminded of how Europe deals with their parks and
> street
cleanup.
> And of course it takes money that we don't have. Anyhow, in most European
> cities, you
will
> see clean up crews every single night cleaning the streets and parks, and
> emptying the
trash
> cans. It's almost like what happens at Disney everyday. And from what I've
> seen from my
> many years spent overseas, people are less prone to trash their cities, so
> theres less
crap to
> clean up.
>
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