People who are new to the northeast don't understand the complex history of the area. In the years before urban rot circa 1970s you could probably bet on cleanliness being the rule. Post 60s as the mainstream culture was replaced with counter culture and at the same time the crime syndicates were at their height of power basically running cities like Boston and NYC, there came a sort of backlash against the historical elitism of the area.
Throwing trash out the car window was the norm I grew up with in Boston. My grandmother probably would have stopped to throw the trash away. Not my moms generation.
And it may be a sort of psychological reflection of a culture that became intertwined with violent, brutal crime organizations, that could only coexist with official governing bodies in a culture of denial and romanticizing the outlaw.
https://nicholashagar.medium.com/how-new-york-got-dirty-83e38c5a0dce
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