The neat-freak's view of Brussels

I am by no means a neat freak. But if I were, here are some observations I might have about Brussels:

• There are often canine calling cards on the sidewalks. There may be some mechanism for cleaning up after a dog here, but as near as I can tell it does not involve the dog's owner.
• Brussels is a very graffitied city. There is graffiti on many metro cars and train cars, and on many buildings. With few exceptions, the graffiti is at readily accessible height (i.e. no acrobatic maneuvers were performed by the graffitist), and has no artistic merit (this is not to imply that I sanction artistic graffiti).
• Twice a week special garbarge and recycle bags line the sidewalks, ready for municipal pickup. These plastic bags are industrial strength, if not military. They don't leak garbage as you take your garbage down the stairs, and perhaps they are impervious to animals. It's not a pretty sight to see these piles of bags on the sidewalk, but they don't seem to stink-- at least this time of year-- and I guess it gets the job done.