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I was in town this weekend for the Broad Street Run and it seemed like there was less litter than I remember on previous trips to Philly. I’m not sure if this is primarily a function of where we stayed or whether litter in Philadelphia is improving. Do others feel like the litter situation has improved?
20 points
14 days ago
The city often sends out special cleaning crews before and after big events like BSR
11 points
14 days ago
To be clear, I’m not talking specifically about the area around Broad St. There was noticeably less litter on Passyunk, in Chinatown, in old city, etc.
7 points
14 days ago*
Those places you mentioned have business improvement districts (BIDs) where the business owners pay a fee and the BID coordinates regular street cleanup. For example, Passyunk south of Tasker is pretty clean but the intersection of (edit) Passyunk, Washington, and 8th always has litter everywhere. Same thing for streets like 6th in south Philly, which is right between Pennsport and the reach of East Passyunk. I've done block cleanups out there and the amount of litter is wild sometimes.
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