I spent nine years in Germany, 1966-1969. 1971-1974 and 1981-1984. You didn't see trash even the larger cities or along the autobahn and secondary roads. But when I went back in the late 2000's the cities were trashy in many areas and there was trash along the autobahns and secondary roads. As the economy grew so did the entitlement attitude and too many people had no problem with trashing the environment. Really sad as Germany had been a very clean and orderly country.
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