Ah, Bay Ridge, the city on the hill that overlooks the Verranzano. It is also a town that is incredibly far from Manhattan. The train time down there is ridiculous, but also worth it to go to Paneantico's at the end of the N line. Unfortunately for some residents down there, a smell has been wafting out of the sewage pipes for over a year. The city's response....a little less than acceptable.
From The Daily News:
For more than a year, residents of one Brooklyn neighborhood have been complaining about a stomach-churning smell wafting from the site of a former sewer pipe project.
The city's response? Tossing nylon socks filled with pine deodorizer into the catch basins.
That hasn't stanched the stench. In fact, locals say the scent of raw sewage is even more noticeable now.
"I think that adding the pine made the existing smell even more potent," said Aaron Green, 27, one of the Bay Ridge residents who is sick of the stink.
I think a five year old could come up with a better response than the Department of Environmental Protection's. Don't these people have degrees in, well, environmental science or something like that? Common sense would tell me to fix the sewage pipes that were being worked on from last year, but I don't have the expertise, so don't bother with my idea.
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