True Face of the City in Summer
It was a day of high temperature and humidity when I had visited Seoul.
The humidity is 100 times worse than the high temperature in Seoul.
Sweat was pouring out from all my sweat glands due to the high humidity. It made me tired.
The climate of these days is quite different to before. Especially the climate change in the city is making me much more tired than rural area.
In the rural area, you can escape from high temperature and humidity.
Under the trees, you can rest and enjoy the wind from the mountain.
Unfortunately, It is all but impossible to enjoy resting under the big trees. Much more bad thing is that there was no wind in the city.
You need to endure against the high temperature and humidity.
The only savior is the air conditioner. People in the city are getting together into the Cafe.
Cool wind are blowing from air conditioner.
What I want to post is the result of the air conditioner.
By chance I got into a small alley in the street, there I could look at the so wierd scenery.
It was the hidden face of the city.
The Front part of the building was clean and nice, but the side and the behind of the building was far from this nice and awesome scenery.
Below was the real face of the city.
The outdoor unit of the air conditioner emitted the heat to the street.
Air conditioner make the city life worse
We have lived in this city.
The city has many faces, and this face looks like close to the true face of the city.
A poignant post, @slowwalker. As we say in Toronto, it's not the heat, but the humidity. We are on the shore of Lake Ontario and the humidity can make an 80 degree day feel like 100.
The saving grace is that we are called the city of trees. We are often compared to New York and many movies that are supposedly made in New York are shot here. But, unlike New York, we have an urban forest - a lovely tree canopy
You should visit. We have the fourth-largest Korean diaspora population in the world.
I agree with you about heat in the city. The population density and lack of space add to the heat emanating from the concrete and the industrial pollution. I often observed that you can have poverty in the countryside, but not squalor, slums or intolerable living conditions. The trees purify the air and the open spaces allow the Earth to breathe.
Your photos document the hidden side of the city - believe it or not, it was worse in the early 1900's with telegraph and telephone lines and electrical wires strung up on poles everywhere.
I noticed from your past posts that Seoul is making strides in creating pedestrian walkways and car-free zones, so perhaps things are slowly getting better.
An insightful post, @slowwalker
Thank you for your thoughtful comment
you're very welcome, @slowwalker
Yes. You are very perceptive and capture your perceptions very well. India is worse. This is the true face of tech.
This is just the floor in my office...
But now to take it a step further...
The true face of these material bodies...
I see it's well wired
lol
Holy crap!!!
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Nice post...amazing korea city
My wife @sarahjanele just went to Korea sever months ago and she shared the experiences that had changed her life. I would hope the people there find tools such as this to kelp them out of much of oppression that face.
@slowwalker Great photos
Now a day air conditioners are the main culprits behind the ozone depletion, even they also have a bad impact on our health but people only want relaxation , they do not think about the future impact of it.
Global warming is destroying the earth!
Interesting photos and very hot summer in Seoul thanx for sharing @slowwalker.....
nice post great pictures