Did any of these 40 and 50 dollar parking lots have adequate garbage containers on hand? No I didn't think so.
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Did any of these 40 and 50 dollar parking lots have adequate garbage containers on hand? No I didn't think so.
I don't care if there wasn't enough garbage cans around.
I would think their mothers would have raised them to know better than to go around trashing other people's environment. Pack up your trash with you and dump it when you find a garbage can, or don't make a mess at all.
I don't excuse Detroiters who do it either. But that said, there's a difference between trashing your own home and going to someone else's home and trashing it.
I'm fairly new here, but I am astounded with the amount of litter here. I live near an expressway exit/egress and watch people throwing entire bags of white castle, beer bottles and the like OUT THE WINDOW before merging on to the ramp. At the St Patricks Day parade, piles and piles of garbage were left on Michigan Ave as well as the de facto "Parking Lots" in our neighbourhood, not to mention a famous, suburban dwelling, Pulitzer prize winning journalist taking a piss in public and picking fights with people. My neighbours, business owners and citizens alike, picked up after both the parade and Fridays opening day "festivities".
It makes me sad that folks that would visit for the day, party and have fun couldn't pick up after themselves. It's pathetic, lazy and ignorant.
Well I didn't piss or litter in Detroit but since Detroiters want to blame the suburbs because there was some litter, I'll stay in the suburbs. I didn't know a city where the citizens burned down houses for sport cared so much about litter. The point was you said the city doesn't see the money spent in the city. That's independent from the litter. Since you care so much about litter, I'll donate a garbage can and a garbage pick since there aren't many stores in Detroit that provide these basic necessities because Detroiters trash them.
I don't care if you're in your own neighborhood or not, there's no excuse for littering. That being said, trying to make this a suburbanite/Detroiter issue is just plain stupid. The reason there is a huge mess after opening day is because there were a ton of people down there, and the infrastructure isn't there to support the crowds or a quick cleanup. Go to Belle Isle after a holiday weekend and you'll see a huge disgusting mess that sits there for days afterwards [[I think it's safe to assume most the people there are Detroiters, but it's ok if you piss and litter in your own backyard right?):confused:.
Voice of reason here. All cities get trashed to some degree after a ballgame or major event. But the benefits of tourism and sales to local business far outweigh the negatives of trash being on the ground and even minor vandalism. You see, most cities budget for this kind of thing and the streets are swept up and buildings scrubbed clean only hours after the celebration so residents don't complain.
I agree 100% that throwing trash on the ground is disrespectful, not just to residents and businesses but other fans that should expect a cleaner environment. But again, most places are well staffed to handle this thing as it happens.
I should also point out that I've seen the people of Detroit throw things on the ground and some bus stops reek urine [[not that I want to tie back to that other thread, but it is true.) So I wouldn't start pointing fingers as really this is a problem that your city can't take of itself.
Instead of complaining figure out a plan. In our neighborhood we have a mandatory association fee on our block that pays for private security and trash pickup / sidewalk powerwashing. It's like $5-20 extra fee on your rent or association payment depending on the value of the apartment or condo. It was created by residents fed up with the tourists littering. Maybe businesses around the ballpark as well as the Tigers should be required to pay this if implemented.
Yup, that article was ridiculous. The guys that own the lots that want to charge $50 for opening day and are encouraging people to park and party there should clean up their own lot. This whole trashing of Detroit is a bit ridiculous. Just another hit piece to divert the real problems and its not Joe from Troy Michigan throwing a 12 pack on the ground in a parking lot at the home opener....
How about the Cheesecake Factory?
Part of the problem is that there are no public trash cans in Detroit. Hard to complain about people throwing trash on the streets when you don't offer them an alternative place to put it.
Also, since this happens with a bit of regularity, why doesn't the city have a better plan to combat the issue other than just whining? Whether the plans is to power wash the streets [[which costs money) or actively writing tickets for littering [[which doesn't cost money)? Seems like we have this same conversation every year but no real action taken to fix the problem.
Plenty of trash cans in Eastern Market where the majority of tailgating seems to take place, and open dumpsters, as well.
And writing tickets doesn't cost money? We can't even seem to pay for enough police to protect the citizenry, let alone go after littering. And then you'd need 25 8x10 color glossy photos with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one. Now that would cost money!
There's a million plus people on Woodward Avenue during the Dream Cruise.By 6pm Sunday [[the day after) You couldn't hardly tell anyone was on the street. All cleaned up like no event happened.
Dude, that sucks. It sounds like you spent money for goods and services and had a good time. You are an example to us all.
I was deployed for a few months and unfortunately come back to find you still here [[for inexplicable reasons - self-masochism?) bitching about the same crazy bullshit. You make me wish I would get deployed again. Or they'd bring back the draft for angry old men from Warren.