July 21, 201313 yr As we have no Fetish forum this will just have to plop down here... Why We Have Stoops Photo via atomische's flickr It may be stinking hot outside, but at least the streets aren't covered in horse manure... as was the case in late 1800s New York City. Recently a Redditor posted a page from Superfreakonomics, which recalled a time that five million pounds of manure was being dumped on city streets every day. In 2009 the New Yorker noted that it was "predicted that by 1930 horse manure would reach the level of Manhattan’s third-story windows." And that is why stoops were so very necessary. “In vacant lots, horse manure was piled as high as sixty feet. It lined city streets like banks of snow. In the summer time, it stank to the heavens; when the rains came, a soupy stream of horse manure flooded the crosswalks and seeped into people’s basements. Today, when you admire old New York brownstones and their elegant stoops, rising from street level to the second-storey parlour, keep in mind that this was a design necessity, allowing a homeowner to rise above the sea of horse manure." And with that manure came billions of flies, rats, and other vermin that were host to disease. So as you sit on your stoop and illegally drink a beer tonight, complaining about the incessant heat, think about how it could be so much worse. http://gothamist.com/2013/07/19/why_we_have_stoops.php
July 21, 201313 yr Active Members Why was not NYC like Mackinac Island where motor driven vehicles are not permitted and the only means of transport are horses, bicycles and feet. They have numerous folks patrolling the streets collecting the debris from all the horses. Of course, MI is a resort and NYC is ... not sure what NYC is. Best regards, RA1
July 21, 201313 yr Active Members Not sure how many SCAT lovers are on this site. but this thread is a SCAT lovers orgasm !
July 21, 201313 yr Active Members For not having streets full of shit let us bow down and worship... Shit, I lost out on that Title to someone named Cloacina ???? Now I AM pissed !
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