We should definitely be more like the Japanese in that regard.

What I loved most about Japan was the fact that if you needed the loo in a cafe, you could leave all your stuff, knowing that no-one would nick it.

Also there are just too many rancid mutts as a result of lockdown

fook LOCKDOWN

Yeah they are the epitome.

But just not the most disgusting place in Europe would be a good goal. Well, maybe second most.

There really are it's disgusting 

If Braverman's finest can't clear Park Lane of Roma and other itinerants, what chance does the rest of the UK have?  

Heh at the state of this 

what I love about japan is, for a country that makes so many cars, they don't really allow on street parking.  

Mayfair and Esher seem fine to me....

What causes all those stains you see about the place? The ones that seem to be there year after year in spite of deluge and jet washing?

Is it energy drinks? Or tennents passed through a tramp’s urinary system?

Belarus has very clean streets.

fond of a bit of cleansing, are they?

I think that sums up why Britain has so many problems.

STOP COMPLAINING IT'S NOT THE USSR!!!!

Annoying. OK I give up - who sang that?

Good luck finding a public rubbish bin in Japan ...

(What do the Japanese do when they walk their dogs? Hold onto the various bags of poo until they get home?)

Yup. Agree. It’s really depressing. Litter. Fag butts. Empty vapes. Litter. Dog poo. Dog poo plastic bags full of dog poo. Dog skids. Chewing gum (how is chewing little bits of plastic not illegal now). Just put your litter in the bin. Leave no trace. 
 

Aren't da streets devolved? Blame Nicola and her caravans.

Uk streets r really getting me down

Dry your eyes mate.

Even in the slums I grew up this isn't a thing 

Stay humble and care for your place 

It's very European to just let your dogs shit everywhere 

Well, the ability to fund da streets is contingent on the cruel Brit policy of austerity

You don't see dog shit or vapes in the ME. 

Hth

London 

glasgow 

Kent 

All littery and Turdy af makes it hard to enjoy any kind of anything when playing Turd lurch with 2 kids and every time you walk down a road 

I raised this very issue at a council ward meeting once, there was some discussion etc, nothing controversial.

A few mornings later I returned early morning from the gym to be greeted by a Dairy Milk wrapper on my gatepost. It was not filled with chocolate. 

So, shoot the owners. Licences for all. Annual fees. Rescues only. No mahoosive breeds. Fines fines fines. 

Fully agree.

I got chased down the road tonight by a fvcking sausage dog on the loose 

every day down here some arse lets their dog off the lead on the beach. Like the beaches need anymore fvcking sewage 

There is nothing wrong with UK streets where I dwell.  

"Stench of piss"???   Where on earth do you live?

"There is nothing wrong with UK streets where I dwell." ???  And where on earth do you live?  

I find streets in most of the world smell far worse than the UK.  The sewer reek is relatively uncommon here.   Dog shit and litter?  Nothing compared to a few decades ago.

Overall, not an area of complaint for me...

What Guy said. It was everywhere 30 years ago. Remember sliding into 3rd base playing rounders as a kid, covered, courtesy of the black labrador which lived opposite. 

There shouldn’t be any shit in the streets at all ffs

I'm not disagreeing with you. London sounds rough. 

Tbf what Guy said. Its the leadt of our problems tbh.

Pez - I live in SE England.  There is no smell, no dog poo and very little litter.  

Streets were filthier when I was a kid back in the 80s. I can't remember ever smelling piss in my zone 3 hood.

I feel like we are just wading through litter today, back in London after 3 weeks away. School run this morning dog shit everywhere. Litter and fag butts everywhere  

I got chased down the road tonight by a fvcking sausage dog on the loose 

What on earth? They're tiny and slow, why would you run, wouldn't you just boot it?

The thing that makes the most difference to the litter round here is the kids going back to school.

These things were bred to go after badgers. I really don't think we should be taking any chances. 

Walk near me the other day marred by dog shite

Chips, licences, culling

and that’s just the owners arf arf

“The thread where OB realises London is a dump”

i feel like this thread title is desperate 2 be the 1st song in a whole new music genre: i’m gonna call it counter-rap

a genre that rejects “the street”

doesn’t feel like it will b popular tho

Stop piercin yor liiiip you look like a diiiiiiv

The people dropping off kids at the school near me leave all sorts. Disgusting. Japan is great 

This city here is like an open sewer, you know, it's full of filth and scum. Sometimes I can hardly take it.

OB has lived in London for 23 years and has never seen it so full of litter and shit 

time to leave

OB it’s a dachshund, why not just boot it across the street?