Alternative_Nail1632

Alternative_Nail1632 t1_j8o5wpn wrote

Before the Clean Air act this kind of shit was spewing out of chimneys all over the country, particularly New England which had a thriving plastics industry. It wasn’t that long ago that a plant in Merrimack, New Hampshire was spewing similar chemicals into the air on a daily basis. Most of the chemicals used in daily life and is the kind of stuff that goes up in flames every time a house burns.

It’s not good but not terrible. We will survive

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Alternative_Nail1632 t1_j2eonkr wrote

Not even one white victim, is that right? I guess the three without pics could be white but their surnames do sound common names for POC families (honest idk). It’s pretty damn sad.

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Alternative_Nail1632 t1_iy8asy0 wrote

This article is misleading at best. Interesting that it starts by addressing the loss of railroad stations but fails to mention that the pike extension was built where those railyards and railroad tracks previously existed. Almost nothing was torn down and the neighborhoods were not cut in half, as they were already split by the railroads. The turnpike extension was a natural progression from rail to automobile transportation.

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