[tag]I live in Atlanta – and am tired of living in a city that looks and feels like crap.  I have never before lived in a place where there is so much litter.[/tag]  In fact, the litter drives me practically insane.  Stuff is thrown out of cars on exits, there is litter on my walks with my dogs, there is trash quite frankly EVERYWHERE.  And I am tired of it.  But I am not sure what to do.  I pick up litter all the time on my walks.

I also think that trash leads to broken windows and then to crime.  You know, the “broken window theory.”   We are seeing more trash, more graffiti, and more crime.  No if, ands, or buts.  It is here and we all must do something.  Certainly, our leaders are doing nothing about the trash.  They have cut funds from the state level to the city level.   
This photo was taken directly across the street from our illustrious City Hall East – I mean, seriously?  No one picks up trash anymore, no one cuts grass along our highways, no one thinks this smaller problem can lead to much much bigger problems.  But it does and it is.  I find that some of the highest levels of crime are happening in the trashiest parts of our city.  My blogging friend, Ben, of [tag]Terminal Station[/tag], has created a pretty amazing post about the rise of crime in our city.  Check it out.

Anyway, pick up trash when you can.  Get your neighborhood organizations to start “trash days.”  Let’s try to do the little things to help our City along.  God knows, it needs it – or the whole city will end up looking like Memorial Drive.