That moment when New York City realized that it doesn't have to resort to clogging its curbs and sidewalks with loose bags of trash and can instead rely on sophisticated technology: Trash cans

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Car brain in the comment thread...

Trash bags take up exactly as much space as a trash bag for exactly as long as it is on the sidewalk. Trash cans take up more than their maximum capacity regardless of how full they are, 24 hours a day.

And the tweeter's reply...

Despite having the best public transit system in America, New York City has 3 million on-street parking spaces, more than 95% of which are free, and your concern is… trash cans taking up too much space? Sorry, but if you love the rats so much, why don't you marry one?

  • NPa [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    sounds like an article from like 1830

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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      1 year ago

      Change the language and it is...

      New York City continues its fight against pestilence. We must reduce the proliferation of trash and of rats. Henceforth restaurants and stores shall set out trash in metal cans instead of jury-rigged containers such as shipping crates.