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TwilightZone

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5. Texas is pretty aggressive about cleaning up along highways.

Reply to cilla4progress (Original post)

Thu Mar 11, 2021, 06:29 PM

Mar 2021

"Don't Mess With Texas" was (literally) an anti-littering campaign well before it was a W catchphrase.

On the other side, I lived in Omaha for nearly 20 years and it was one of the dirtiest towns I've seen. Ironic, because there's loads of money there. They're just terrified to tax appropriately for services.

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Litter along our nation's highways. [View all] cilla4progress Mar 2021 OP

Yeah, I'm getting sick of Trump signs too. roamer65 Mar 2021 #1

I see them so often also. I want to use of paint spray on them but I know that is illegal. riversedge Mar 2021 #6

We've got a flag and a yard sign of tRump still in our neighborhood.....makes me sick. a kennedy Mar 2021 #9

My State cleans our roads. They look nice. pwb Mar 2021 #2

In my neck of the woods, littering problems Elessar Zappa Mar 2021 #3

Trash is thrown everywhere by our populace. I walk around a local duck sinkingfeeling Mar 2021 #4

when I take a walk I take a bag with me and pick up trash Skittles Mar 2021 #12

My husband does that, too csziggy Mar 2021 #25

heh! Skittles Mar 2021 #29

Texas is pretty aggressive about cleaning up along highways. TwilightZone Mar 2021 #5

Before W there was Lady Bird Johnson. Delmette2.0 Mar 2021 #14

My point was that the slogan came from the littering campaign. TwilightZone Mar 2021 #19

I remember that. If memory serves she had a "Beautify America" program. rsdsharp Mar 2021 #20

Oh yes, the billboards, too. Delmette2.0 Mar 2021 #24

I haven't seen any... stillcool Mar 2021 #7

This is Washington state. cilla4progress Mar 2021 #8

Washington state has gotten worse over the years Ferryboat Mar 2021 #10

Same at my rural cilla4progress Mar 2021 #13

Could it be that the adopt the highway program was jimfields33 Mar 2021 #11

It used to be bloody awful when I was a kid.. it is much better now Peacetrain Mar 2021 #15

There was a story on the local NC news Shermann Mar 2021 #16

Yes, I was wondering about this. cilla4progress Mar 2021 #17

I got into a car one evening for a first and only date, saw the inside of the car Solly Mack Mar 2021 #18

I have not traveled. My church has adopted a one mile ChazII Mar 2021 #21

McDonalds trash and cheap beer cans luv2fly Mar 2021 #22

you know.. Keth Mar 2021 #23

My own state, sadly, is the absolute worst. Goodheart Mar 2021 #26

Here in Florida, they had a program where groups or people 'adopt' roadways csziggy Mar 2021 #27

East coast it's horrible IbogaProject Mar 2021 #28

Seems like it got much worse during the pandemic. Pobeka Mar 2021 #30