Preindustrial city streets teemed with refuse, excrement, and scavenging animals
Evidence
The initial shock of this strange place having begun to wear off, you begin to note things that at first did not attract your attention. The sheer filth of the streets appalls you. Everywhere there seems to be refuse, garbage, human and animal excrement. And then you note for the first time the large numbers of animals in the streets-pigs eating the garbage, insects attracted to the excrement, dogs tearing at bones. — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 167
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
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Related
- Pre-industrial city streets hosted open refuse and roaming scavenger animals. (similarity 0.93)
- Swine served as essential garbage disposal in preindustrial cities. (similarity 0.85)
- Premodern city streets were chaotic spaces of filth, animals, and casual cruelty (similarity 0.84)
- Premodern cities employed pigs as official street cleaners under regulation. (similarity 0.81)
- Preindustrial urban life mixed private activities into public streets (similarity 0.79)
- Preindustrial city streets mixed commerce, news, and waste in ways modern zoning separates (similarity 0.79)
- Preindustrial cities segregated activities far less spatially than modern cities (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Preindustrial city streets served as venues for activities modern cities segregate into specialized spaces
#expands(0.45) — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 201