SF Promotes Its Sewer System

City by the Bay wants you to love its dirty underbelly. And poop pipes.

San Franciscans are getting excited about something that doesn't usually get much attention.

After it has flushed down the toilet, that is.

A growing buzz about San Francisco's sewer system is the product of an Internet and old-school advertising campaign that has such unstoppable slogans as "Your #2 is Our #1," according to the Atlantic Cities, which is catching the fever.

The $65,000 advertising campaign is also strategically timed: much of the infrastructure that disposes of 80 million gallons of waste a day is due for replacement.

The campaign is intended to get San Francisco residents thinking about where their poop goes -- and to take pride in, say, the wastewater treatment plant next door, according to the website.

Are the ads effective? Just look at the selfies.

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