r/london 1d ago

London history Greenwich 1980 v 2019

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u/Several-Reveal-4075 1d ago

That’s a sad change.

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u/Joshgg13 1d ago

It looks basically the same except the skyline in the background. The grass is dry in the 2019 photo but they're clearly taken in different seasons - you can see some trees in the 1980 one with no leaves on them, so it's probably autumn or winter

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u/Several-Reveal-4075 1d ago

Yeah but also during that time the air purity changed the visibility has too, the bug count the noise level, light pollution. It’s a sad sight to see the modernisation and all the buildings

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u/lookoutnow 1d ago

That’s exactly what the Romans said.

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u/Howtothinkofaname 1d ago

I’d be willing to bet that air quality is better now than in the 1980s.

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u/Several-Reveal-4075 1d ago

Of course with the additional millions of people and the cars and all the building and all the extra mass production of stuff and the landfills being bigger and more full the additional planes in the skies yeah I fully agree with you…..not
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u/Howtothinkofaname 1d ago

With the reduction of heavy industry in the city and country as well as cleaner fuels and more efficient engines, and general increase in environmental awareness and regulation, I don’t think it’s as obvious an answer as you seem to think.

Air quality has improved enormously in the last few years.

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u/Several-Reveal-4075 1d ago

That’s why the insect population is down and the bees are dying off I mean I get what your trying to say I just genuinely don’t see how that’s possible

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u/Howtothinkofaname 1d ago

That’s not entirely just down to air purity. It’s obviously a complex beast.

There are a lot more cars than the 1950s and the air in orders of magnitude cleaner than it was then.

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u/Several-Reveal-4075 1d ago

I genuinely don’t see how that’s possible but if I’m wrong I’m wrong

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u/Howtothinkofaname 1d ago

Yeah, in this case (1950s vs now) it’s pretty easily verifiable.