Untidy Streets in my Town are Affecting Me Negatively
posted on 18 February 2012 | posted in
Cars and Transport
In my town there is a weekly street festival that is basically a giant barbecue. This street festival takes place at night and attracts locals and tourists with the food and the music. A downside of this festival is that, much of the food sold is oily in nature, and the oil from that food, spilled beer and other drinks, bits of food and soil from natural passage and use has caused the streets to have a permanent dark stain. A person observing the street will note that the stain is caused by the street party as the dark patch extends along the route used by the vendors and nowhere else. The stained streets, besides having a negative aesthetic impact, are giving the neighborhood a rundown look and make the place somewhat disgusting to be in during the day. My friend's self drive compact sweeper hire company is about the only thing benefitting from this! At night, its fine because the lights aren’t that bright and everyone is concerned with enjoying themselves, but persons who live there find that they can no longer stand their hometown and long to move away. It would be nice if the mayor would find some way to hose down the streets with a solvent or some kind of detergent, because when one considers the impact of those streets on overall health, the idea of washing down a street may not seem so strange. Dirt from the road tends to stick to the underside of one’s shoes which then get tracked into cars, buildings, homes, shops and other areas of high traffic. Even if the dirt cannot be perceived by the human eye it is surely making its way to the human body in some form or another. Someone should do a study on the number of illnesses that arise before and after the street party. Cleaning the streets would lessen the negative health impacts, and give the daylight neighborhood a boost in morale.
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