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Comment by hannob | Hacker News Reader

No?

I live in Berlin. I think it's too dirty and we should do more about it. I don't perceive dogs as a major problem. (My gut feeling would be the top problems are cigarette buds, trash from grilling parties and bottles from alcoholic beverages.)

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If the bottles stay whole:

http://lh3.ggpht.com/-QTcvS4ps9DI/VGIxcC2EVnI/AAAAAAAAN3I/cn...

https://www.rbb24.de/content/dam/rbb/rbb/rbb24/2020/2020_01/...

then current Berlin is already doing better than last-century Boston, where they were commonly reduced to broken bits:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RShAxvg5MJE

I agree that in Berlin it is not as _major_ problem as in some other large cities, but still, it is telling that it is widely accepted as normal that all building corners that face the sidewalk are constantly pissed by dogs with the coloring of the walls clearly visible everywhere. As for poop, 90% of the times people pick it up, the rest can still ruin your day if you step into it.

I can tell that this comment has been downvoted, and I don't think it's fair to downvote people with first hand, daily lived experiences.

Perhaps it sheds additional light on the matter - a denizen of Berlin doesn't think the dogs are a problem. This idea both supports and undermines the parent thread's idea under discussion depending on how you take it, but it certainly adds color to it.

Don't we want their input?

I think their input would be more valuable if they disclosed pet status.

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