Are people lazy, don’t know how to help or scared of liability.

[Hay Dude]

Sometimes I catch my wife complaining. I give her “course corrections” and remind her what it will be like to be under 60, retired, and putting a full pension in the bank and many benefits.

All taxpayer funded.

 

[RjCorazza]

I think it comes down to a combination of "not my job" and lack of tools, ability, and experience.
I worked many years at a busy metropolitan fire dept. In the city, a small storm that downs even small trees is a life stopping major catastrophy. Not so in rural areas. I got sent way north to a very rural area to do damage survey for a tornado that crossed my county years ago. The rural residents up there had the trees cleared, cut up, and stacked by the roads a few hours afterwards. It was awesome!

 

[Hay Dude]

I think it comes down to a combination of "not my job" and lack of tools, ability, and experience.
I worked many years at a busy metropolitan fire dept. In the city, a small storm that downs even small trees is a life stopping major catastrophy. Not so in rural areas. I got sent way north to a very rural area to do damage survey for a tornado that crossed my county years ago. The rural residents up there had the trees cleared, cut up, and stacked by the roads a few hours afterwards. It was awesome!

We just had a bad freak wind storm close roads and people just found their way around the problems. Many private citizens cut trees out of the way. We did fine.

 

[lilranch2001]

I think with a pretty good number of teachers, their biggest concern rather than the kids is envy….

 

[Mtsoxfan]

I think with a pretty good number of teachers, their biggest concern rather than the kids is envy….

Care to elaborate?

 

[Fixastuff]

People have dumped trash on the sides of roads for as long as roads have existed. I don’t know where people get off on the idea of suggesting only a particular generation does it.

Yeah I've put in 10s of thousands of conduit in the right of way in the last couple years and am always digging up old litter!

 

[4570Man]

You aint missing a thing. Been there for a few weddings and had friends living there and its a mess. Gives me the creeps.

Big cities aren’t my thing but I’ve been to several. I was in Calgary Canada a couple months ago and I was surprised how clean it was compared to American cities. Canadian roads were surprisingly free of litter too.

 

[Yander]

I remember my first day at work in DT Columbus, OH. 30 story building on the riverfront. Not really a big city by NY standards but for me, having grown up in the country, it was. I felt almost sick to my stomach, thinking I had to do that every day. After almost 30 years of working in various corporate offices all over Columbus and surrounding cities. I love being downtown for work.

Then, I'm happy to drive an hour out of that place to live in the country. Sounds strange, but something about being in DT where you can walk to lunch with friends, you can get used to it. Don't get me wrong, I HATE the drive to get there and back, but once you are there it is great.

Now everyone is working from home and all of that is a thing of the past.

 

[Hay Dude]

Big cities aren’t my thing but I’ve been to several. I was in Calgary Canada a couple months ago and I was surprised how clean it was compared to American cities. Canadian roads were surprisingly free of litter too.

I was in both Boston & Tampa for extended periods recently and was pleasantly surprised how clean they were.
Tampa was beautiful. The River walks, the bars & restaurants and night life. Was very clean, never felt unsafe, although I’m sure there’s crime.
Boston is an example of one of just a few northern BIG cities left that doesn’t look like a burned out dumpster fire, like Philly or Baltimore.

 

[dodge man]

How about helping people in need, hurt, just had an accident, stuck in the snow? When we were on a vacation we drove the Blue Ridge Parkway. There were two motorcycles in the road around a corner and one had wrecked 10 seconds before we got there. Not life threatening injuries but a badly injured shoulder. He wasn’t getting up. I’m the only one whose phone had a connection so I called 911 and we stayed until help got there. It took about 20 minutes for anyone to show up, it was pretty rural. It just seemed like a necessary thing just to make sure nobody came around the corner and ran him over. Several cars did stop and offer help and one person did get his bike up and down to a parking area.