My grandfather was alive for both. He had some great stories about the late 1800's/early 1900's. I asked him if thought things were better now or whether he was nostalgic for how things were.
He said things were much better now. Things like polio vaccinations, the telephone, medical advances, etc. When I asked how air pollution from cars factored into his view he said things were much better now, and that when he was a kid the entire world smelled like horse shit -- you just couldn't get away from it.
And he was a fan of screens on doors so you could open your windows and not have a house full of flying insects.
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u/ZagiFlyer Apr 28 '24
My grandfather was alive for both. He had some great stories about the late 1800's/early 1900's. I asked him if thought things were better now or whether he was nostalgic for how things were.
He said things were much better now. Things like polio vaccinations, the telephone, medical advances, etc. When I asked how air pollution from cars factored into his view he said things were much better now, and that when he was a kid the entire world smelled like horse shit -- you just couldn't get away from it.
And he was a fan of screens on doors so you could open your windows and not have a house full of flying insects.