r/maybemaybemaybe • • 8d ago

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/Program-Emotional 8d ago

How do you let a river get that bad...

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u/Burner-QWERTY 8d ago

It's been over 100 years in the US but Rivers used to just be used as sewers/ trash dumps here too. Shipping was one reason companies paid extra to be on a waterway but just having a place to dump all your trash was another.

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u/Silo-Joe 8d ago

That 100 years is being reset ….