Maybe it's because I have a BA in sociology...maybe it's because I analyze things too much...not really sure. Whatever the reason, I am fascinated by theories - I have a few of my own and I'm going to share one of them.
It's not like I made up "a crowd draws a crowd" but I have seen in proven many times. I have some good friends that I used to travel with and we liked to go to theme parks - I think we went to Disneyland twice and Magic Mountain once or something like that. Anyway...we would walk up to a line and there wouldn't be anyone there but as soon as all 8 (or however many of us there were) got in line it was like the skies opened up and dropped people from the heavens. The line would suddenly double or triple. We had so much fun on those trips...but I digress.
So I decided that maybe the crowd draws a crowd theory applies to more than just people. Maybe it applies to trash too. I live in a somewhat shady part of town, I don't really notice it, and am totally comfortable walking my dogs around my neighborhood, but others aren't so comfortable here. Anyway, there was a TON of trash on this one stretch that I walk most days so I decided I'd pick some of it up. I only picked up the big obvious things like Mc D's cups, Taco Bell nachos thrown out of a car, huge bottles of beer (empty of course), etc. I filled up a kitchen trash bag completely in three blocks. Wow.
This morning I walked to work on the same path and noticed that while there was still some small trash - that I missed and maybe some that has gotten there since I picked up - there were no big chunks. My theory is that the crowd of trash drew a crowd of more trash...I'll fill you in on if my theory holds or not - I'm sure everyone is just riveted at my discovery.
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