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Wade and Oberlin smells like cat urine

Ok, I know I’m not imagining it. For the past few days when I’ve driven past the intersection of Wade Avenue and Oberlin Road, I’ve been confronted by the smell of … cat urine!? As a long-time cat owner it’s a smell I’m all too familiar with. The first few times I drove by I chalked it up to imagination but this morning I decided it must really be what I smell.

The Care First Animal Hospital at that intersection is the vet where I took my cat for years. The sewer line from the vet must be full of pet urine. Could that be what I’m smelling?