Posted on 12/02/2023 4:55:59 PM PST by SeekAndFind
One of the solid hits that Ron DeSantis landed on Gavin Newsom during their Thursday night debate was his waving a map graphically illustrating that San Francisco is covered with human fecal matter (aka poop), something that magically vanished only when a Chinese dictator came to town. San Francisco may be the worst city for human poop, but it’s not the only problem facing urban America. In Baltimore, the fact that the city has become a giant urinal is destroying the city’s historic buildings.
Until the modern era, cities were vast dung heaps, crawling with human and animal fecal matter. One of the hazards of narrow urban streets from the Roman era to the 19th century was that an upstairs window might open and, suddenly and without warning, someone would empty a chamber pot on your head as you walked by. Cesspits, where human waste was dumped, might not be cleaned for decades and, when they were, the stench was reputed to be so awful that the men tasked with the job sometimes died on the spot.
On busy streets, human fecal matter was outweighed by animal fecal matter from the horses, oxen, and other livestock that traveled through cities. In some areas, the effluvia could be ankle-deep. That’s why, when the car came along—the same vehicle we view as a pollutant—it was hailed as the answer to clean cities. For once, the roads were no longer an odorous slurry of animal urine and feces.
As you can imagine the fact that cities were giant, open sewers meant that the stench was unbearable. Indeed, in London, during the unusually hot summer of 1858, London experienced what became known as the “Great Stink.” Until then, the Thames was not only the main waterway but also the main sewage line.
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It’s not just San Francisco, though. In Baltimore, a Democrat hellhole with gorgeous 19th- and early 20th-century architecture, public urination is eating away at the buildings:
Many of downtown Baltimore’s buildings are slowly being washed away. The problem is less flooding and rain, more golden showers.That’s right, pee is eroding thousands of historic buildings downtown, the exterior bases corroding with every spurt.
Like a yellow Sharpie, it’s highlighting long-standing tensions in Baltimore: the decline of a once bustling city center, dwindling public spaces and the enduring needs of the local homeless population.
The acidic liquid is also wreaking havoc on the world’s tallest church in Germany, the historic streets of Paris, and medieval inns in London, where cities have opted to install “urine deflectors” and “open sidewalk urinals” to redirect bold tinklers.
No it’s not just San Francisco. Cities smell like urine. It wasn’t always like that. Seeing human poop, in a passage between subway lines, though, really freaked me out.
Several cities have had metal lightposts and the legs of metal mailboxes rust and collapse due to dog pee. It also makes big yellow spots in other people’s lawns. I imagine human pee is just as destructive.
This disturbing disgusting trend of people relieving themselves in public is beyond disgraceful and comes from an arrogant entitled narcissistic generation who thinks they can do whatever they want without any consequences!
You’re probably right, I hate to say.
Message to Democrats: “You’re in trouble.”
One more reason why I will never live in a democrat controlled city again. Rural till I die.
Fixed!
(San Francisco)”It’s only city in America where dogs step in human feces”” - GallowsTime - Patriots.win
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I think old Memorial Stadium collapsed by itself, if anybody remembers the Colts games.
Just compare the administrators of Balt.
In the 80’ s my 1st hubby and I had relatives and friends who worked for companies with facilities in Mexico, so they would move there to work for a couple of years for the extra money (taxes delayed), and we would go visit them on our vaca time. On the way out of Monterrey, there was a huge truck stop where we would fill the Suburban with gas and maybe eat lunch. Apparently there were not enough restrooms for all the truckers, because on the concrete wall right beside the door to the mens’ rooms there was a big sign that said “Por favor, no te orines en el muro”-we always remarked on the bad manners of someone who would piss on a public wall...
creating a health emergency on top of everything else
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It takes a democrat to destroy American cities and their list is growing all are no go zones.
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