In Greek Town, First No Cops, Then No Garbage Men. Is Hope Next?
Mayor of Larissa Apostolos Kalogiannis. Photographer: Kostas Mantziaris via Bloomberg
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For five years, the city of Larissa shrank as Greece crumbled around it.
First, the municipality fired all the cops. Then went all but three of its garbage men. At least 7,000 businesses shut down. The roads started decaying; the city center went uncleaned for weeks.