I believe that in America, it is a social norm to show cleanliness which in turn makes the disposal of waste a priority. The display of garbage in modernized countries presents an image of poverty and a sign of endangerment. The populations of the lower class citizens of New York can be personified by their poverty with the unkept streets of the Bronx, Harlem, and the general inner city area, versus the wealthier upperclass of upper Manhattan's well primped districs.
Going along with the phrase "out of sight, out of mind" people would be more uncomfortable seeing huge mounds of trash in a landfill and then be reminded of how much waste humans use everyday. When the land fills are out of sight and out of mind, less tension is caused.
The article, The Believer, looks over why we make garbage invisible. Anthropologists and Pshchologists wonder why we invisibilize something that is present all day, every day. People are still asking questions about how we can totally ignore trash and make it invisible. I believe we will always have questions about our humanness of ignoring garbage.
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