The Filty Streets of New York

November 2

You thought Dublin was a dirty city; New York gives Dublin a run for its money. In the morning the sidewalks or pavements to you, are full of black plastic garbage (rubbish) bags full of left over dinners or rotten food, are left out by the multitude of restaurants that line every street. These bags are often torn open by rats or the homeless or freegans (people who don’t want to pay for food so they rummage through garbage bags looking for food that is still good to eat. It has something to do with saving the environment or reducing their carbon footprint) during the night. Add to the restaurant rubbish, the regular household rubbish; crapped out computer screens, old sofas and chairs. All this shit leaves the place smelling like a sewer and the pavements slippery.