I've never "contributed to the mess". We were taught to keep our house clean, and keep our trash in our vehicle till we got to a trash can. We were taught properly, and it stuck.
I'm a Texan, NOT a Houstonian. I keep my distance from that mess. We Texans are cleaner than average, EXCEPT in the typical democrat/liberal controlled ratholes.
The Mexicans in Laredo gave the place a bad look; they got plastic bags banned. You'd go to the mall and see 1/2 the license plates were from Mexico. They buy a carload of crap UNWRAP IT IN THE PARKING LOT, and throw ALL of the trash RIGHT THERE, where the wind tossed it into the drainage culvert along I-35. hey had to put up catch fences.
IT'S NOT "We Texans", so you can get off that crap. I typically stay away from stuff that gets political on Brit/Bike forums, but I'm not sitting still for this.