From Volter Media.

The nickname "The City of Brotherly Love" feels like a cruel joke to the residents of Philadelphia this week. The city is in a state of disarray, choked by its own waste. For over a week, essential municipal services have ground to a halt. The most visible and foul-smelling consequence is the sanitation strike. Trash collection has ceased, and the streets are transforming into a grotesque landscape of overflowing bins and makeshift dumps.
News helicopters flying over the city capture scenes that look more like a dystopian film than a major American metropolis. On Devereaux Avenue in the Northeast, a mountain of black and white trash bags stretches down the block, reaching staggering heights of 20 to 30 feet. This isn’t a designated landfill; it’s a residential street that frustrated citizens have turned into an impromptu dumping ground out of sheer desperation. A person in an SUV is seen adding their own bags to the ever-growing pile, a testament to the complete collapse of the system. The summer heat is exacerbating the problem, baking the refuse and creating a putrid stench that hangs heavy in the air. Residents are forced to walk by holding their noses, worried about the inevitable arrival of rats, pests, and the potential for disease.