A voodoo doll I made out of litter.

Littering is a crime (punishable by a $500 fine and up to 60 days in jail in many places) and therefore, if a neighborhood is trashed with litter, it sends a message to criminals that "law" and "order" isn't taken very seriously there, and that it would be an ideal location to commit crime.

Much like the "Broken Window Theory", littering can literally invite crime to the neighborhood that it is left in.

A lot of people are afraid to move into a trashed neighborhood with drug needles all over the ground, and so are a lot of businesses. Therefore, the more trashed a neighborhood becomes, the more likely it is to become a food desert" where the only foods that the local citizens have easy access to are cheap and highly processed "junk foods" which pollutes their bodies and trashes their health.

And although a lot of people don't want to live in a neighborhood that has trash all over the streets, rats and other species that can spread sickness and diseases to humans do want to live there.

Anytime you throw litter on the ground, you are putting a "curse" on the people living in that area like a person putting a needle into a voodoo doll, and anytime you pick up litter that you see on the ground, you are removing the pins and being a blessing!

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