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| From | "Go Texas!" <go-texas@beat-georgia.com> |
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| References | <nnr8lj9hlsf1n5q5i2fv7fgr4k5ignsk5b@4ax.com> <vj1tbr$36g19$1@dont-email.me> |
| Subject | Re: On the lookout for turds' S.F. sidewalk survey identifies which blocks are poopiest |
| Date | 2024-12-07 23:59 +0100 |
| Newsgroups | alt.computer.workshop, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics.republicans, comp.os.linux.advocacy, talk.politics.guns |
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pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote in news:vj1tbr$36g19$1@dont-email.me: > On 2024-12-07, John Smyth <smythlejon2@hotmail.com> wrote: >> Better wear boots when walking around the city of San Francisco. >> >> 'On the lookout for turds’: S.F. sidewalk survey identifies which >> blocks are poopiest' >><https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/poop-sf-city-street-199644 >>27.php> >> >> 'Annette Margolis waved a green dog bag as her pitbull-boxer mix did >> his business Friday morning. >> >> “I’ve got a bag,” she said, smiling cheerfully as she scooped >> up the dog droppings. >> >> Unfortunately, across the city, thousands of residents aren’t >> picking up their pets’ waste – and that’s perhaps the less >> gross part of the problem. Also more common on San Francisco’s >> sidewalks over the past year, which will surprise no one who walks >> around the city, are human feces, according to the Controller’s >> latest Street & Sidewalk Maintenance Standards Report. >> >> The 37-page document, distilled from 2,600 in person evaluations over >> the 2024 fiscal year, contained some good news: in the last year, >> sidewalk and street litter has dwindled, along with illegal dumping. >> But graffiti has remained steady. And feces, well, there’s just >> more of it. >> >> The survey identified the neighborhoods with highest fecal frequency >> as the South of Market, Tenderloin, Castro and Mission neighborhoods. >> The block with dubious distinction of most poop sightings – 46 – >> was on Market Street, between Gough and Octavia Streets, followed >> closely by Folsom between 24th and 25th Streets with 32 sightings and >> Mendell Street between La Salle and McKinnon Avenues at 31. >> >> >> For local residents, the current assessment came with exasperation >> but little surprise, receiving little more than a shrug. >> >> “It’s standard,” said Phil Holt, leaning against his bike near >> San Francisco’s apparently poopiest place, Gough and Market. >> Formerly homeless, he is now living in a tiny home nearby, but said >> he regularly frequents that corner. >> >> “You’re missing out on life if you’ve gotta be on the lookout >> for turds,” he said. >> >> Annette Margolis walks her boxer-pit mix, Tyson. Margolis lives on a >> block that the city recently identified as having some of the highest >> observations of fecal sightings, but Margolis wasn't fazed. >> Annette Margolis walks her boxer-pit mix, Tyson. Margolis lives on a >> block that the city recently identified as having some of the highest >> observations of fecal sightings, but Margolis wasn't fazed. >> St. John Barned-Smith >> The city’s filthy sidewalks and streets have been a major complaint >> for residents for years, leading the Board of Supervisors in 1978 to >> pass a “pooper scooper” ordinance that then-Supervisor Harvey >> Milk called a “step in the right direction” in reining in pet >> poop scofflaws. That appears to have been before human excrement >> became a widespread problem. >> >> San Francisco’s battle with public poop has led the city to spend >> millions on toilets across the city, including in areas like the >> Tenderloin and Mission, and even sparked the creation of a >> short-lived Poop Patrol in 2018. >> >> But San Francisco’s dung dilemma gained wider attention in recent >> years – practically becoming its own meme – as detractors have >> used the situation to lampoon the city. Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis made >> headlines in 2023 while debating Gov. Gavin Newsom when he pulled out >> a map of reported scat sightings from 2011 to 2019 – that was just >> the city completely covered in brown. >> >> On Friday, Department of Public Works spokesperson Rachel Gordon >> pooh-poohed the latest findings, stressing the city’s widespread >> efforts to deal with the issue. >> >> Public works crews – equipped with steam cleaners – regularly >> patrol the city, and remove any droppings they come across, she said. >> >> “We don’t want people to walk through, or by, feces,” she said. >> >> >> Over the past few years, the public works department has rolled out >> 30 public toilets across 13 city neighborhoods. >> >> That includes high traffic areas such as U.N. Plaza, or out at Ocean >> Beach. Since 2014, city residents and visitors have used its public >> toilets more than 5 million times – or a flush a minute, for a >> decade. >> >> “People should have a place to go to the bathroom with dignity,” >> she said, “not only to keep feces off the street, but because >> people should have a place to go to the bathroom.” >> >> In a city where dogs allegedly outnumber children, Gordon said she >> believed much of the droppings came from pet owners who haven’t >> learned they need to pick up after their furry companions. >> >> “We don’t DNA test the poop,” she said, “but we do think a >> lot of it is dog waste. … We want to get dog owners to do what they >> should be doing by law – pick up after their dogs. And we’re >> seeing that a lot, people just aren’t doing that.” Bullshit. SF has a shit patrol to pick up human waste. >> According to the report, SoMa had the highest average feces count, >> followed by the Tenderloin. Chinatown and Noe Valley/Glen Park/Twin >> Peaks and West of Twin Peaks had the lowest percentage of routes with >> where surveyors spotted poop. >> >> Some of the pots with the highest frequency of fecal observations >> included Folsom, between 22nd and 25th Streets, Market Street, >> between Gough and Octavia, and several streets in the Tenderloin, >> such as Jones between Geary and O’Farrell. >> >> >> S.F. streets have less litter — but poop remains a persistent >> problem Every year, the controller’s office collects data on street >> and sidewalk litter, larger dumped items, graffiti and feces — both >> human and nonhuman — as well as several other markers of street >> cleanliness. S.F. spends millions toward public toilets, but complai' >> > > I'll bet if a person gets caught not picking up after their dog they > will be charged with a felony. > BTW NYC is the same mess along with the stench of weed in the air. > It's disgusting. > Welcome to democrat run cities. Portland is just as bad. There is shit everywhere downtown where Democrats and queers go to party.
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On the lookout for turds' S.F. sidewalk survey identifies which blocks are poopiest John Smyth <smythlejon2@hotmail.com> - 2024-12-07 10:51 -0500
Re: On the lookout for turds' S.F. sidewalk survey identifies which blocks are poopiest pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2024-12-07 16:32 +0000
Re: On the lookout for turds' S.F. sidewalk survey identifies which blocks are poopiest "Go Texas!" <go-texas@beat-georgia.com> - 2024-12-07 23:59 +0100
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