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I recently move to London. Whenever I post pictures of the river everyone points out how murky it looks. I was quite surprised to read that it's cleaner than ho
by zabil 5y ago
I recently move to London. Whenever I post pictures of the river everyone points out how murky it looks. I was quite surprised to read that it's cleaner than how it looks.
I always hear disbelief whenever I say it's cleaner than what people actually think, especially from Londoners.
- ddek 5y agoIt's generally murky because the tide kicks up a lot of silt, giving it it's brown colour. You'd need a hell of a lot more sewage for that to be the reason it's brown.
- globular-toast 5y agoYeah, the Thames Estuary consists of extensive mudflats and saltmarshes. Well worth visiting if nothing else just to see the effects of the tide.
- fudged71 5y agoGo for a swim! :)
- globalise83 5y agoModern day Londoners' grandparents have all heard about the offal and excrement floating in the Thames while toddlers sitting on the knees of their grandparents, who heard about the same sitting on the knees of their grandparents. Hard to break a chain like that even with scientific evidence.