Quote by MBB:
"Hey, we had Toledo, you took it away from us..."
Yes, Ohio State won that war, too!
"- seemed like a loss for us at the time ..."
One of my first ABLA sanctioned races was the Toledo 'Glass City' series. The city was clean, safe and booming in 1972.
Quote by OBC:
"(thanks to bottle and can recycling)"
Ohio...Where you can't travel three feet without seeing a beer can on the berm!
Recycling laws would do next to nothing to stop the booze bottles and cans from flying. If the law catches you with an open, empty can or bottle in your vehicle the fine and jail time is insane...thus, they go flying. Ten cents or even our $500 littering fine vs. a DUI or vehicle search or the court costs and the social stigma?....the bottle or can goes flying.
Hell, the morons that drink those 'Energy' drinks don't even have the energy to throw the cans away in a trash can. They go flying. Cigarette butts, they go flying.
People can't afford trash service? No problem! The entire trash bag goes flying! Hell, whole pickup truck loads go flying. With our tire disposal fees we now have berms and ditches full of worn out tires that didn't sell for $2 at the yard sale ending up in the ditches.
Mufflers...shock absorbers...leaf springs...old tires...Ohio roads are a disposal site! Tarp straps, tools, wood blocking, blown semi tires, mattresses, lawn furniture, plastic bags, McTrash...Ohio has glorious amounts and the full spectrum of roadside trash to adorn our craptastic roads.
Every fast food joint on the planet is here in Ohio and every other meal they serve has packaging that ends up on our berms..
Two summers ago I found a 16' diameter TRAMPOLINE along the road side! Complete with the assembly tools and the 10' tall net that goes around it to keep the kids from flying off it and becoming...road side trash.
I wonder where Ohio ranks in road trash?