The snow from the blizzard is almost gone from the streets of Manhattan, every last car has been dug out. Good news, right? Wrong. It is January and I have to admit that this is not New York City’s prettiest month. The sparkle of the holidays is slowly fading, the weather is cold, the days are short and it is kind of grey and gloomy. And on top of that there are piles of GARBAGE everywhere. The sidewalks are being over run by mountains of trash, recycling and Christmas trees. Why is this happening you may ask? Well, the sanitation workers and their trucks are also the people that are in charge of snow removal. They can’t do both at the same time. Thus, garbage pick up has been non existent in the past week or so and unlike the ‘burbs where garbage can be hidden in backyards and garages, there are no such luxuries here. Apparently we are expecting another storm to roll in this weekend. I sure hope the garbage is picked up by then or the kids will be able to sled down snow covered mountains of garbage. Ugh. 😉
Wordless Wednesday: Out With The Snow, In With The Garbage
January 5, 2011 by Sandra Guirguis
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Garbage Pick-up and Snow Removal, Garbage piles in Manhattan, NYC, Sanitation in NYC | 4 Comments
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Oh wow…I hope they pick up the garbage before the storm too! ugh! 😉 great pics
-Tia
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Wow I never knew this to be true or I never noticed it and I’ve been to NYC in January.
People are telling me that this situation is not normal, hopefully the city will get it’s act together soon =)
Great pics, Sandra! Wow – there certainly is a lot of garbage!!! I really hope they get it before the next storm hits you. : ))