Bay Area/ San Francisco
Published on October 17, 2013
Intensely Dire Litter On Divisadero
We see plenty of litter on the neighborhood's sidewalks every day, but rarely is it quite this bleak.

A debris field of cigarette butts, needles (both used and unused), batteries, and plastic wrappers is strewn across a stretch of Divisadero between Haight and Page this morning. Reader @PaulPramley alerted us to the scene via Twitter: Additional artifacts from this almost-definitely-not "fun" night include a nondescript laptop bag, and, perhaps fittingly, a copy of Malcolm Gladwell's book The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference.
Throwing on our rose-colored glasses for a sec, perhaps some good samaritan accidentally dropped this tragic pile after roaming the streets picking up trash all night? Or, maybe it's art. Please let it be art...