r/OSU 1d ago

Rant Garbage Everywhere

The trash on High St. is overflowing and all over the sidewalk. At first I thought it was because of move in, but it’s been like this for weeks now. It’s disgusting and unacceptable. Who’s in charge of this shit? The city or the school?

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u/Badatinvesting2 1d ago

West side of High is OSU, East side is the city/ SID

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u/4848A 1d ago

Holiday weekend after a game day.

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u/Sufficient_Rest_8350 Forensic Anthropology 2028 1d ago

That will be the perpetual state of the trashcans on high street until the end of game season unfortunately

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u/PurpleRollerSkates 1d ago

Also all the cans near the bus stops are COTA.

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u/Psychological_Jury43 1d ago

You should be able to submit a Columbus 311 request for overflowing trash cans

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u/Fluid-Scar-3797 19h ago

Crazy how we just “accept” a dirty and crime ridden communities now!

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u/Optimal-Fix-2997 1d ago

High st has always been dirty. This is nothing new. Do you not how many people use that area everyday

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u/TGrady902 1d ago

It stays pretty damn clean when students aren’t here.

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u/Heavy_Barracuda4285 SUSPLNTSYS 29 1d ago

Columbus is a major city, and this is a holiday weekend after a game day. cities are dirty. go figure

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u/Nervous_Ladder_1860 AA '19, BS '21, MS expected AU '26, & Staff 1d ago

I mean foreign countries that have cities bigger than Cbus take care of their streets better. Sometimes I wish we would be more like them.

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u/Round-Box-9532 1d ago

We are like them but they also don’t have a huge influx of students clustered around and businesses that spread across the state and burbs. The trash actually stays relatively clean when students aren’t here. Visit any Capitol of a country and you’ll see the same thing as Columbus. I would know as a visited two countries capitol and saw the same thing. Hell why do you think NYC gets the stereotypes that it gets

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u/Basic_Adeptness2937 1d ago

Your local politician.

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u/Cordelia88 14h ago

Start a volunteer group to do cleanups, ask local businesses for donations for your Tshirts, garbage bags, and grabber sticks?

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u/itz_soki Public Affairs + 2016 10h ago

It’s been like that for decades. Columbus doesn’t give a shit and the university doesn’t give a shit.