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Old Posted Oct 4, 2019, 10:28 AM
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London at its height just before WWII, its population at 8.7 million and many of its old buildings still extant. All before the evacuation of millions, the destruction of 1/3 of the city
(and 1.3 million made homeless), before the decades of austerity, bulldozing, concrete and suburbanisation in the postwar period.


Back when it was near the density of Paris but over 80% larger an area. For example, all this below -the result of centuries of plundering trade and empire- was flattened in the Blitz:

The Roaring 30s:


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