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AngryAmish

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4. Mecca town is fighting against the members of the Hajj

Reply to cali (Original post)

Thu Oct 2, 2014, 10:21 PM

Oct 2014

My father in law went three years ago. He is a first worlder and cannot stand garbage on the street.

The garbage at Mecca drove him to distraction. There are garbage cans everywhere but everyone just threw their garbage on the street. There are Bangladeshi cleaners who do a heroic job but...put your garbage in a can. My fil would talk to the Bangladeshis and they were baffled at the laziness but happy for the job.

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The Destruction of Mecca [View all] cali Oct 2014 OP

that really sad. they hate beauty? "brutalism" may be great for developers but it's a blight. BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2014 #1

Google Earth is a handy tool to take in the scale of Mecca's destruction. pa28 Oct 2014 #2

whole article on how it's turning into a bad theme park MisterP Oct 2014 #3

Mecca town is fighting against the members of the Hajj AngryAmish Oct 2014 #4

That is not just a Saudi problem AnalystInParadise Oct 2014 #8

Why do you think it's such a problem? Do they have a lack of public trash receptacles? smirkymonkey Oct 2014 #9

Totally different standards of 'clean' Oktober Oct 2014 #12

The BIN LADIN father contracted the thing, no?!1 nt UTUSN Oct 2014 #5

When you hear about ISIS blowing up historical sites n2doc Oct 2014 #6

i read some articles on Saudi Arabia and how people mostly spend their free time at Malls JI7 Oct 2014 #7

And inside the square, black building is a....... A HERETIC I AM Oct 2014 #10

veneration of some object or another is hardly relegated to Islam cali Oct 2014 #11

... And no less stupid when others do it. Oktober Oct 2014 #13

Pretty much what I said; A HERETIC I AM Oct 2014 #14