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I may not get away from my home office enough yet, but when I do get on the town in Fort Lauderdale, I can’t help noticing one thing over and over. How clean it is! That may sound funny coming from a local and I suppose most of us don’t even pay attention. It’s just the way things look most of the time. But everywhere that’s anywhere I want to go in this city, that spot is essentially … spotless.
I don’t know about you but cleanliness makes a big difference to me, as a resident of course but also whenever I leave this area to visit some other city. On my most recent trip to London, for example, I was stunned to see people just openly litter again and again. Debris was all over the place, whether in Kensington or Piccadilly. (Sorry, London … not trying to, uhm, trash you!)
Here at home, when I go to the beach for one of my morning exercise-meditation sessions, I find myself thinking, “Amazing how there’s basically no trash … and other stuff around!” By the time I get there, which is pretty early, the job is mostly done. Free of trash.
The brick walkway is clean. A1A is clean. The sand is clean. Thus, the Blue Wave designation from the Clean Beaches Council. One morning as I jogged along the seashore, I finally saw a street cleaner vehicle go scraping and spitting past me. “Ah-ha! Finally saw one!” I thought. Obviously they’re usually out even earlier than I am.
Downtown Las Olas is the same as the beach. Walk by the cafes and art galleries and shops and clubs and what do you see? Cafes and art galleries and shops and clubs – you see what you’re supposed to see because you’re not dodging piles of litter. Of course, anywhere on earth, there’s always some knucklehead who will toss a paper cup and miss the trash can. Or some pile of napkins gets caught in a breeze and blows off.
Fort Lauderdale manages unusual neatness somehow in its own way. And I’m really not quite sure how they do it. I just know that I appreciate it and I’m sure the other locals and tourists must feel the same. The city’s face sparkles and smiles, appropriate for a community that is hosting a pretty important royal for a few months. Tut himself, I suspect, would approve.
I don’t know about you but cleanliness makes a big difference to me, as a resident of course but also whenever I leave this area to visit some other city. On my most recent trip to London, for example, I was stunned to see people just openly litter again and again. Debris was all over the place, whether in Kensington or Piccadilly. (Sorry, London … not trying to, uhm, trash you!)
Here at home, when I go to the beach for one of my morning exercise-meditation sessions, I find myself thinking, “Amazing how there’s basically no trash … and other stuff around!” By the time I get there, which is pretty early, the job is mostly done. Free of trash.
The brick walkway is clean. A1A is clean. The sand is clean. Thus, the Blue Wave designation from the Clean Beaches Council. One morning as I jogged along the seashore, I finally saw a street cleaner vehicle go scraping and spitting past me. “Ah-ha! Finally saw one!” I thought. Obviously they’re usually out even earlier than I am.
Downtown Las Olas is the same as the beach. Walk by the cafes and art galleries and shops and clubs and what do you see? Cafes and art galleries and shops and clubs – you see what you’re supposed to see because you’re not dodging piles of litter. Of course, anywhere on earth, there’s always some knucklehead who will toss a paper cup and miss the trash can. Or some pile of napkins gets caught in a breeze and blows off.
Fort Lauderdale manages unusual neatness somehow in its own way. And I’m really not quite sure how they do it. I just know that I appreciate it and I’m sure the other locals and tourists must feel the same. The city’s face sparkles and smiles, appropriate for a community that is hosting a pretty important royal for a few months. Tut himself, I suspect, would approve.
posted by LauderBLOGGER at 2:27 PM
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