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Bicoastal Garbage Disposal Practices

11:28 AM EST on January 11, 2007

Via a Streetsblog tipster: In Valley Village, Calif., near L.A., people leave their trash in the bike lane for the convenience of the sanitation crews.

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Here in New York, we sometimes leave it where cars would otherwise park. Here's a photo taken at midnight in a place where the sign says no standing from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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