One of the first things I saw was how clean the various towns I visited were. No street trash, no trash, except for one small area of the roads with trash laying along side and most of the properties were well groomed and taken care of.
As I found out with the people I talked too and asked why the streets and sidewalks were cleaned and well groomed (also well constructed), everyone said it was a matter of community/town pride.
So, as I’ve traveled the streets of our town, even before my vacation and now after my vacation, is why are the streets of Columbia trashed with trash and weeds.
It’s not everywhere mind you, but, more places than it should be.
Why? I think I got the answer when I was down south – community/town pride.
Again, I’m not saying we don’t it, but you don’t have to look real far in town not to see it.
Why? Well, perhaps we take for granted someone else will clean up the mess.
Perhaps, which I agree with, we have too many out “out of towners,” who want us to live by their lifestyles. And it should be the other way around, the “out of towners” should live as us native Colunbians live.
Until that changes, our town is going to continue to be trashed.
We need to get that PRIDE back in our town and make it a better place to live, work and play.
