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I was driving through an area that's predominantly light industry or technology this morning. Something caught my eye as I passed by that made me realize that every strata of society can be easily identified by what it considers disposable waste.

In a slum you might see disgarded food bags, six-pack holders, broken plastic toys. In a middle class neighborhood you might see carboard boxes from bulk stores for paper towels, diapers or toilet paper. In rich neighborhoods you probably dont see any trash, but I imagine if there were it would be foam packing for plasma TV's or empty bottles of expensive beer in recycling containers.

The item I saw this morning as I drove past was a large gray static bag, complete with yellow sticker flipping along in the breeze. It reminded me that trash is not just part of the environment, but a hallmark of those that occupy it as well.