I agree. The increasing accumulation of litter on city streets is a self-fulfilling prophesy, rooted in the classically apathetic "everyone else does it, and the pavements are already chocker anyway, so why should I make the effort" mindset. Unfortunately, since many urban areas are already drab and dirty, this attitude is precisely the opposite of what we need. Surely we should all be trying to make the best of our immediate surroundings, rather than just surrendering to the common ethos that squalor can't be alleviated?
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