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There is a small trash barrel at the corner of Broadway and Second. I've been trying to get the city to install trash compactors on the Chelsea Square Area but it gets rejected all the time.

Having said that, most of the trash is left behind overnight from the homeless drunks. You should see this area on sunday mornings, trash EVERYWHERE. I use to clean up after them, bringing in my broom and trash bags or boxes and placing them neatly next to the barrels but i simply have no time now. I hope the city adds some of the newer trash receptacles soon.

Doesn't matter how many trash cans DPW puts out there the drunks are still going to do the same. You think a drunk that cant barely walk is going to get up and throw away their bottle. The city needs to start arresting them for drinking in public and make them do Community service.

This is a busy city with people dropping trash everywhere. We should have barrels on all the corners. Many years ago we asked several times for barrels on the corner of Broadway and Everett ave, that idea fell on deaf ears. Im hoping with all the great things going on in the city these days, the new management will be open to the idea.

BeautificationCrew, the city has done a great job of cleaning up the drinkers in this area. Its much better than it was just a few months ago. Its not only the drinkers that mess the area. I've witnessed everyday citizens toss things on the sidewalks. In front of our store, (The Gold Mine) people deposit trash on our windows daily. There is no were else to put it and they get rid of it before going on the bus to boston.

Like we said its not the amount of trash barrels out there.. citizens are the problem..Last time I checked a big belly with a recycling bin attached to it and 2 trash barrels already in that intersection right on the Bus stop heading to Boston for many years now.

beautificationcrew: yes, at the end of the day it falls on the people trashing our streets, but the city has done a poor job in this part of town by not having adequate trash barrels. The tiny ones that are there now are not enough for such a busy area.

BeautificationCrew : There are ZERO big belly trash barrels ON Chelsea Square.

Yes there is a trash barrel across the street from us. But that does little good on our corner. How many busy people will cross a street where only 10% of the drivers stop for the blinking red light, just to toss away their trash and then try to head back across?

Again, cross street to Everett ave is a highly traveled route in the morning and afternoon. So why not put a barrel there?

this argumentation is why america is in trouble. you are neighbors so be nice!!!

Anonshark: No one is being rude.

This issue goes back many years and the city said it would install one in this area but it did not. Everett Ave does not count either.

https://seeclickfix.com/issues/656168-trash-on-public-property

There are literally over 100 regular public city barrels all around Chelsea. I would even say closer to 200 if you include the parks. Big belly barrels cost over 5k each and that doesn't count the cost of installation. They are expensive and really don't work all that well. All those smaller city barrels are emptied DAILY. I've gone by even empty city barrels and people just throw their trash on the ground or under the public benches. The DPW spends hours every day having to pick up the mess and everyday it's the same thing. There could be a big belly barrel every 10 feet and it won't make a difference when the people just don't care enough to throw their litter away properly

Please dont take it as arguing. Im just requesting barrels.

Last year the city cut down the tree in front of the store. We cleaned up the area and put mulch down, it became a place to toss trash. Several years ago a youth city group asked the broadway businesses to sponsor a wine barrel with flowers out front. We did and guess what, it became a trash barrel.

We pay quite a bit in real-estate taxes, I dont think asking for a trash barrel is being greedy.

Anonymous can we know who you are?

yes anonymous. this culture of internet hyper sensitivity and secrecy stops our democracy from working right. please provide your name ssn and address

I'm not saying you shouldn't get a barrel. All I'm saying is that a barrel isn't going to fix your problem

I see barrels in the city that are full, does that mean if those barrels were not there, the pedestrians would hang on to their trash until they got home? I think not. You proved my point a few posts ago. There is a reason the city has 200 barrels and needs to empty them often, people are using them. The majority of people will put trash in a barrel if one is available. So until a barrel is put there and tried, its not possible to say whether or not it will fix our blocks problem.

Anonshark, as to people using their real names, I find it interesting that people feel the need to complain, but also the need to hide from their complaints.

Oh well, have a nice day.

How many more barrels would you like around 220 broadway? There are already 6+ barrels literally surrounding that entire area, which proves my point. No matter how many barrels are over there, there will still be trash throw into the streets. Like I said before. I've seen empty barrels and people right near them just throwing the trash on the ground. Yes I agree that the MAJORITY of people use the barrels but that still leaves people throwing trash on the ground which will leave you in the same problem you already have. But I wish you the best of luck with your problems. Adios

The number of barrels is never enough. If there are 6+, let there be 7+. If 8, let there be 9. People throw trash in barrels, people don't throw air in barrels. I appreciate the conversation here but some people need logic.

Well that's my point. No matter how many barrels are there, it will never be enough. Thank you for agreeing with me Mr. Anonfrog!!

I also want to add that I have lifed in chelsea for 36 years. in my day, I have seen the trash barrel population rise and along with it the trash population decrease. there is a clear connection and if you don't see it i don't know what to say

Mr. Anonymous, perhaps you would suggest that we remove all trash barrels from the city. we should require every resident to dig a 4 foot hole in front of their residence and store trash in this hole. once per week this trash would be burned or discarded. is this what you want? what is your proposal for a trash can less society? this might be an over statement but trash cans have been a pillar of clean city society for years

Steven was asking in the intersection of Broadway and Everett ave

I think you are missing the point Mr. Frog. With all of these barrels that are currently there, we still have a HUGE littering problem and that's exactly what this issue is. I don't care if you have been here for 36 years or 36 days, the issue isn't the amount of barrels that are out there. It's the people that are littering that is the problem and no amount of city barrels will fix that

Rough crowd. Let me use pictures to simplify things. The 234 Broadway block has NO trash cans provided by the CITY. The restaurant on the corner of Broadway and 2nd street put their own barrel out years ago because it was terrible over there. This is alot of area to cover.

Winnisimmet st, another rather large block, NO trash barrels.

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Both our corner and the cross st/winnisimeet street corner are a busy walkingr route for walkers heading to the bus stops. It makes zero sense why anyone would be against a barrel at either corner.

if I were mayor there would be a barrel every 20 feet. it is scientific fact that people are more likely to throw trash away if they see barrels. anonymous, if you do not want more barrels, you should be the one picking up the extra trash. even if barrels only help a little bit, they still help more than no barrels. we, the people, want barrels and we outweigh those who do not

Good thing Chelsea doesn't have a mayor then huh?

mayor is a figure of speech. i have a masters degree in english.

And you guys are reading me wrong. I'm not against the city barrels. Not even alittle bit. My only point was that even if the streets were completely lined with barrels, there will still be people throwing their waste on the ground and that we need to police that better. This conversation went from 1-100 real quick

yes but there are no barrels in these spots. why not put them there? and if htere is no mayor, that means that the federal government is in charge of the city, meaning trump. no wonder they wont put trash barrels.

Chelsea has a town manager, not an elected mayor. Two very different things. For having a masters in English your not too bright huh? And no offense but I really don't want to get into politics with you. If you don't know that the city that you live in has a town manager and not a mayor then I really don't think you know too much about the federal government either.

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