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This reminded me of Theydon Bois, a village just off Greater London on the Central Line. From Wikipedia: > A notable characteristic of the village is its almos
by nathell 6y ago
This reminded me of Theydon Bois, a village just off Greater London on the Central Line. From Wikipedia:
> A notable characteristic of the village is its almost complete absence of street lighting. Villagers have consistently voted against the installation of such lighting for decades, fearing that it would damage the traditional village ambience and require a rise in council tax. Only the approach to the tube station features a small number of lampposts.
- dkdbejwi383 6y agoTheydon is a funny old place. Good spot to enter the forest though.
- rwmj 6y agoIt's the same in the village where we live. Everyone carries a torch (or in my case one of those pen-sized maglites). It may not be suitable for central London, but the system seems to work fine round here.
- frabbit 6y agoSounds like heaven to me. I really dislike the absence of dark. Especially during the summer when it is hot and I would like to increase airflow by opening up the windows. The claim, in favor of such widespread lighting, is that it makes something "safer", but the evidence seems weak on that: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/11/02/what-actually-happens-to-crime-when-the-lights-are-on-as-rick-perry-suggests/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/11/02/what-...
- frabbit 6y agoI came across this¹ paper which seems to claim that the provision of 600,000 lumen "lighting towers" in a public housing project reduces crime. It may be true, but the same could probably said for plans of unleashing packs of wild hyaenas during the night. All a bit too Panopticon for me. 1. https://urbanlabs.uchicago.edu/attachments/e95d751f7d91d0bcfeb209ddf6adcb4296868c12/store/cca92342e666b1ffb1c15be63b484e9b9687b57249dce44ad55ea92b1ec0/lights_04242016.pdf https://urbanlabs.uchicago.edu/attachments/e95d751f7d91d0bcf...