If you drive around any city, you will eventually find a place where people dump mattresses and other household items. Did you ever wonder why? I did. Now I know.
Like many other cities, garbage services are essentially free to residents, paid for by tax dollars. If it's free, why on earth would somebody take the time to strap their mattress on their car, then dump it on the side of the road? Believe it or not, they simply didn't want to risk getting a ticket. Yes. That's why.
Although you might think there's a bigger risk getting caught dumping the mattress on the side of the road, the fact is, there's an even bigger risk of getting a ticket throwing it out in front of your house.
Here's the issue in a nutshell. Because the city essentially offers free sanitation ser
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