Alleyways are good. They help prevent trash and smell from being on the streets people use.
NYC doesn’t have them and the city smells terrible from all of the garbage
OK it’s not just an alleyway but an entire half of a city block trash heap with dumpsters make one think that they neglected to build anything nice in that fourth corner. Oh and two streets away are tribes of homeless people. Watch the first 5 seconds of my video.
In fact my video literally shows trash on the street as well in SF, as well as homeless.
Seriously, other cities have city hall. There are no dumpsters around it. We have courthouses and government buildings.
Certainly none around Lincoln Center which has the Metropolitan Opera and NYC Ballet and Philharmonic. It doesn’t smell there. There are beautiful fountains etc.
I took some photos of the homeless in SF juxtaposed in front of the skyline in the background. It is very pervasive there. LA and SF seem to be magnets for homeless.
If I was mayor I’d give them all a $50 phone preloaded with gigs including ones from the city, like sweeping the streets and from businesses such as handing out flyers. Have the app unlock mini storage and showers, and help them have digital ID. This ain’t rocket science. Crowdfund the support for each homeless the way we support kids in Haiti. Give them opportunities. But instead the bureaucracy just kicks them around and denies them opportunities without an address.
Anyway…
There are 8k homeless in SF and 350k homeless in NYC. I was surprised at the huge difference!
Larger buildings like a city hall or Lincoln center will have better waste management than a bodega or small shop. The larger places will have a loading dock and probably a compactor. Source: I worked at a waste tech company