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Small-Town [Trash] Talk
Dec. 19th, 2011 10:14 pmOn Sunday, I rode my bike over to the "Drive-In Recycling Center" in the Wal-Mart parking lot with my monthly recycling drop-off. If I faithfully bring over my recycling once a month and get my utility bill stamped, I can eventually mail in a years' worth of utility bills and get a month of free trash disposal service.
My monthly trash disposal bill is $14.09.
I have put the trash out to the curb once in the entire 2.5 months I have lived here.
I have to wonder if this city could figure out a more efficient method for running trash disposal here. I don't know how my bill compares to other cities, though I *do* know that in Seattle your bill is scaled based on the size of your trash can. The smallest cans you can get are micro cans that hold 12 gallons. I can appreciate that things that can work well in large cities might not work so well in smaller towns. *shrugs*
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In other observations - this place feels strongly racially and socioeconomically segregated. I visited the Black post office today, which was a nice change of pace from the White+student post office on campus. Some of the neighborhoods here have huge, fancy houses. Other neighborhoods are severely dilapidated. It doesn't seem like there's much in-between. So many of the people here have big, fancy cars. I wish I knew how poor people survive here.
My monthly trash disposal bill is $14.09.
I have put the trash out to the curb once in the entire 2.5 months I have lived here.
I have to wonder if this city could figure out a more efficient method for running trash disposal here. I don't know how my bill compares to other cities, though I *do* know that in Seattle your bill is scaled based on the size of your trash can. The smallest cans you can get are micro cans that hold 12 gallons. I can appreciate that things that can work well in large cities might not work so well in smaller towns. *shrugs*
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In other observations - this place feels strongly racially and socioeconomically segregated. I visited the Black post office today, which was a nice change of pace from the White+student post office on campus. Some of the neighborhoods here have huge, fancy houses. Other neighborhoods are severely dilapidated. It doesn't seem like there's much in-between. So many of the people here have big, fancy cars. I wish I knew how poor people survive here.
