Summer ’s almost over but that does n’t mean we ca n’t have one last tender - conditions , city - ruining hurrah . permit ’s check out some exhibitionist visitors to Barcelona , unwelcome new rider on the NYC subway , and an plane - sized mass of congealed avoirdupois moving under London . What ’s Ruining Our Cities ? These guys are .
Fatbergs are ruining London
Radioactive pizza - eating reptilian are officially not the most terrifying thing one might discover in a city ’s sewer : A Boeing 737 - sized “ fatberg ” was removed from London ’s other underground this week . The airliner consisted of “ congealed fatty , squiffy rub , and other litter ” which had been redden down the toilet or shove down drains and smooshed together until it clogged a 260 - foot stretch of pipework . A squad from Thames Water blasted the pot with luxuriously - force hoses for four days until it broke up . There are easy ways to keep fatbergs from visit your city , like , uh , do n’t pour your raging preparation fatty tissue down the drain ? sluice wet wipes , which , as we now be intimate from consulting our own sewer expert , is a particular no - no . [ BBC ]
Naked tourists are ruining Barcelona
The European travelling season has finally terminate , which may spell relief for the resident of La Barceloneta , the community that breast Barcelona ’s Mediterranean sea-coast . In summation to the distinctive ascent of noise and methamphetamine which accompanies the warmer months , in the last few weeks the surface area has been terrorize by naked Italian tourists who like to run through grocery stores . occupant are outraged and beg the urban center to check down on this outrageous crime . To find fault , accord to several publication ? The increase of Airbnb dimension in the region . [ The Guardian , Gawker ]
Bedbugs are ruining the New York City subway
Our little bloodsucking friends are a fact of life story in any big metropolis , but perhaps you thought that New York ’s subways were the one place you might be safe from the scourge of bedbug . Not really , says a news report from the New York Daily News this week , which take the MTA rule Cimex lectularius riding the rail 21 times last month , mostly on the N train . It seems to be some kind of epidemic , according to Joe Costales , a chairman with Transport Workers Union Local 100 : “ We ’ve never had sighting to this magnitude . We ’ve had isolated incidents in bunch quarter , but it ’s no longer an isolated scenario . It ’s throughout the organisation . ” Just another good intellect to get extra wad up this winter . [ NY Daily News ]
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