Posted on 08/27/2023 10:39:17 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
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I’ve seen this slideshow before. It’s amazing.
Thanks for posting.
Obviously people were comparatively far poorer then than we are now. That said, I noticed no graffiti, no litter, and it was striking how much more character everything had. There simply wasn’t the dulling sameness and uniformity of everything that exists now. For example you would see a gas station that looks like a wigwam. Another thing I noticed....how many fat people did you see? Practically none. They looked much healthier back then.
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They looked much healthier back then.
Looks can be deceiving.
Liked that.
See the “Go Green, Gasoline” sign?
Life expectancy 1930: +/-59yrs vs today: +/- 79
Many folks were struggling through the Depression so their diets were relatively poor and on the small end. Not all, of course, but many folks even with work had to cut back.
Interestingly, the 1930’s was also one of the hottest decades weather-wise with many heat records set, some still standing.
I did notice that folks dressed up in public: men in suit jackets with hats and women in dresses.
Now, we are lucky folks are clothed at all.
Anyone could work for a dollar a day. But the buying power of that dollar was immense! You could feed your family for a week on it.
Oh I’m aware the Great Depression was a very tough time economically. We didn’t really come out of it until 1939 when we started rearming and supplying the Allies against Hitler.
Despite the tough times economically, people looked like they were in far better shape (even though yes, life expectancy was shorter due to a lack of modern medicine), dressed much nicer, and everything looked so much cleaner than it is now.
Didn’t see that one.
But that was not it.
Is that a clip of the sun setting on the American Empire?
Very nice, thank you.
I have this image of a 1930s photo dad shared often, him at about 6 his sister 8 and my uncle 10, they are in rags standing on a car runner and the car looks pretty used. Another photo - 3 years later, new car, and new clothes as the depression ended.
For being difficult times a lot of those folks in these looked pretty cleaned up and not living poorly.
And there was less crime.
I have contended for years that crime is a function of social, not economic status.
Great slideshow; thanks!
Thx
That said, I noticed no graffiti, no litter,
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Paint was more expensive, and more difficult to apply.
Litter comes from buying stuff; don’t buy stuff = no litter.
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