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Norton's idyllic view of the past ignores that in the 19th century city streets were full of manure. I'm anti-car, but switching to automobiles vastly improved
by drewcoo 3y ago
Norton's idyllic view of the past ignores that in the 19th century city streets were full of manure. I'm anti-car, but switching to automobiles vastly improved sanitation. It was not an ideal place for children to play or for pedestrians.
I just grabbed a couple of quick links about NY:
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/when-new-yorkers-lived-knee-deep-in-trash/ https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/when-new-yorkers-l...
https://99percentinvisible.org/article/cities-paved-dung-urban-design-great-horse-manure-crisis-1894/ https://99percentinvisible.org/article/cities-paved-dung-urb...
- throw0101b 3y ago> Norton's idyllic view of the past ignores that in the 19th century city streets were full of manure. Norton is less passing judgement as opposed to describing what various actors did. There's also a difference between saying there should be no vehicles (a strawman that is often brought up), versus de-emphasizing the use of vehicles for private transportation (still allowing some, and also for commerce/industry).