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Here in Madrid, they used to clean the streets every night and it paid dividends. Then when the recession hit Spain fully in 2012, the council cut this to twice a week and certainly not at the weekend and we get exactly the same. I know these things cost but they cost more in lost visitors and lost goodwill in the long run and that means lost revenue too. How very short-sighted.
Thank you for posting. I don't think I would have done but you are a braver man than me (or is it '... than I'? ... I think today either is acceptable but my dad would probably squirm at the former) and you make a point well worth making!

Ja ik zie wat je bedoelt...het neemt overal toe

We have the same problem in Paris "the most beautiful city in the world"!
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It is everywhere the same Peter.

*sigh*
Yes, this sight is everywhere it seems, as long as there is a population that supports bums and other homeless / druggie / delinquent minors / disrespectful morons ... I think that would cover just about every sort of scenario unfortunately. Where we live is near a large town and thankfully there isn't much of this at all but if you look you'll find it. I do not understand the reasoning behind leaving garbage. Outrageous.

San Francisco, where I grew up, is an absolute mecca for homeless/undesirables and there are whole areas downtown that reek from urine. Garbage, muck, graffiti, combined with truly aggressive pan-handlers and bums...it's very unpleasant if you find yourself in one of these areas. I used to take the underground transportation to get from my home downtown and back from/to work or art school and I had to make a mad dash to get past the aggressive low-lifes who would actually follow me sometimes when I ignored their yell for money. From that experience my interest in being kind to those less fortunate has flown out the window. The development of "professional" pan-handlers who act the part but aren't...makes me seethe. So I look the other way because who can tell one from the other. The bad seeds ruin it for those who are truly in need and aren't nursing an addiction. Maddening.

I'm pleased I'm not he only one who gets wound up, it makes me wonder how some people live like at home they go on a bus or train and think it's acceptable to leave their take away junk behind when they get off. If I'm carrying my camera in a town I put it on a wrist tether I've had 'spare change' merchants shouting the odds about my camera up to now I've resisted telling them if they had been working for 50 years and didn't spend their money on booze and drugs they could afford one

I cannot agree that England is a dirty, filthy dump Peter. This problem needs to be tackled by a brave government but we don't have one at the moment.

Sadly it's reality that photo could be any where, look down chewing gum just spit out, roadside verges covered in litter, bags of dog crap hung on bushes, mindless spray paint on buildings etc.the Victorians built a sewerage system that was the envy of the world now alleyways subways doorways stink.
You can't blame the government it's the someone will clean it up mentality, people who think is perfectly acceptable to get on a train or bus with takeaway food and drink get off and leave the packaging on the seat someone will move it. I had a set to with a man on a train a few weeks ago he was going to get off and leave me his rubbish because his season ticket was expensive he didn't see why he should move it !!! but it was me who got glared at by other passengers for opening my mouth needless to say no one supported me, he did move it !!

I think I must live in a different world to you Peter. Of course I hate litter and will pick it up myself when I can but the other things you mention I do not see at all. The government is always cutting money to councils and police force and wonder why they struggle. As for the mess the so called homeless leave, it's often due to a past of drugs or family problems and the root cause has to be tackled. I have seen the same problems in every country I have visited.