{"id":1876,"date":"2012-05-07T02:37:16","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T02:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/?p=1876"},"modified":"2023-07-13T23:48:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T23:48:54","slug":"things-san-franciscans-despise-filth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/local\/things-san-franciscans-despise-filth\/","title":{"rendered":"Things San Franciscans despise: filth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bart_clean.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bart_clean-300x259.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1877\" title=\"Bart\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bart_clean-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/bart_clean.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most visitors would be shocked to learn that San Franciscans hate filth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ours is a city that doesn\u2019t want to stay clean, but we try our best. Some cleaning accomplishments we\u2019re especially proud of include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We require restaurants to display a hygiene score card.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We have a number to call for park and sidewalk cleaning.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We heavily fine anyone who dares block our street cleaning vehicles\u2019 precise schedule.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, we live in moldy old buildings. Yes, the entire city often smells terrible. And yes, that\u2019s human urine on your car door. Sorry, I should have told you not to park here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tourists don\u2019t recognize our little obsession with cleanliness because we often focus on minor details, ignoring larger issues that are politically unpalatable to address head-on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The poster child for our cleanliness obsession reaching a disorder level is Bart. Despite drug deals and human excrement problems in certain stations, Bart focuses on appeasing germaphobes who demand free hand sanitizer and inorganic germ-resistant vinyl seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This isn\u2019t to say San Franciscans are trying to scrub away our hippie image; we\u2019re just washing our organic heirloom tomatoes with soap these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now if you\u2019ll excuse me, I have to go confirm that the overflowing trash can I reported to 311 was emptied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Original photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gruntso\/1425732951\/in\/photostream\/\">gruntso<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most visitors would be shocked to learn that San Franciscans hate filth. 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