Man, that description of a landscape transformed/ruined by 'progress' reminds me of two things:
1. What I've been told the Ruhrgebiet here in Germany was like until the 70s - where the sky was yellow from the industrial fumes.
2. I was travelling in China by train in 2007 and we were approaching Lanzhou. From the train window it looked like everything, roofs, sidewalks and all, was covered in half a meter of white, sparkling snow. Which was impossible as it was a hot summer. It was something raining down from the factories, ignored by the people unless they had to shovel it out of the way...
Man, that description of a landscape transformed/ruined by 'progress' reminds me of two things:
1. What I've been told the Ruhrgebiet here in Germany was like until the 70s - where the sky was yellow from the industrial fumes.
2. I was travelling in China by train in 2007 and we were approaching Lanzhou. From the train window it looked like everything, roofs, sidewalks and all, was covered in half a meter of white, sparkling snow. Which was impossible as it was a hot summer. It was something raining down from the factories, ignored by the people unless they had to shovel it out of the way...