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All should be ashamed of our trashy city and more letters to the editors

Letters to the Editor
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All should be ashamed of our trashy city

I surely do not understand how the moniker “Scenic City of the South” can even be uttered by my new city of Chattanooga. Natural beauty of the area? Gag me with a spoon.

I have never in my life seen so much trash on the roads, neighborhoods, in and around businesses (CVS on Highway 58 is truly disgusting), and in front of people’s homes.

What the heck is wrong with the residents of this city? How dare you throw your cans, fast food containers and, yes, full bags of trash out of your car windows? I am truly disgusted as I drive over the Highway 153 bridge at the collection of garbage from the end of the bridge, past Lake Junior and up to the Amnicola exit.

I’ve been told that COVID has decreased the ability of the city and county to pick up the trash. I had a similar letter of mine published when I first moved here five years ago. Nothing has changed.