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Re:New York EV Garbage Trucks can only snow plow for 4 hours... by chimeracoder on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @04:57PM (#34252445)
> It's not the parking spots - residents have zero interest in walking to the end of their block with garbage.

Nobody would have to do that. They'd have to walk an extra 10 ft from the front of their building to the curb. Unless they live in a multifamily building (which is most of the city), in which case the building superintendent would do that.

> Have you been in NY? There's garbage everywhere.

Because that's the city-sanctioned way for

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Re:New York EV Garbage Trucks can only snow plow for 4 hours... by ars on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @05:41PM (#34252973)
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Re:New York EV Garbage Trucks can only snow plow for 4 hours... by chimeracoder on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @05:48PM (#34253070)
> I mentioned in another post it's mostly row houses

This is incorrect. That does not describe the majority of housing units in NYC.

> The dumpster would go at the end of the block, no one will support walking that far with their garbage. Not when they are used to a different way.

I don't know why you're so confidently making this claim, because that's not what's being proposed or being done. There already is a pilot program for containerized trash collection, and - surprise - there's not just one container per block.

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