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New York reminded me most of Egypt. The airport, hotels and buildings all seemed to be from another time. Occasionally you'd walk past something amazing which h
by radicalbyte 8y ago
New York reminded me most of Egypt. The airport, hotels and buildings all seemed to be from another time. Occasionally you'd walk past something amazing which had been well kept - Grand Central station in NYC or some of the beautiful dutch-style buildings in Harlem. Or the big museum in Cairo.
Cities like Paris or London on the other hand seem to be more modern inside but on the outside they're covered in a layer of filth that I haven't seen in the US. I guess that's what you get for having so many diesel vehicles driving around (and is why the transition to EVs is so important).
- jnty 8y agoIt's more likely to be soot from coal burning, which was the norm for much of these building's life.
- radicalbyte 8y agoIt's diesel. We cleaned our light-grey house four years ago and it's dark grey again. We're nowhere near a coal power plant (or any heavy industry) but are in a country with a lot of diesel cars.
- blattimwind 8y agoFear not, petrol direct injection basically gives you the same amount of soot as any ol' non-DPF TDI engine :)