Dagwood222

"No evacuation." Have you ever actually talked to people?

You know that nuclear power plant up the road? They just had a big accident, we don't know exactly what's going on, and at least one person is already dead from radiation. But it's fine, and you shouldn't worry or leave the area.

So we agree, airships and nukes are both outmoded, old tech.

also, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster_casualties

That may be the most American thing anyone has ever said!

Also, the same therapist told me that she has a number of alcoholic patients who moved to New York City simply because they knew there was a good 24 hour mass transit system and they wouldn't have to drive drunk.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster

So, essentially, nuclear power is like airships, except with worse disasters?

A therapist once told me that who you are when you drive is who you really are.

Someone else put it this way.

Sometimes I walk to work; sometimes I drive my car; other times i ride a bicycle. Whichever option I pick, I hate anyone who isn't doing the same thing.

You can be a skilled rider and still and a fall. More likely is that an unsafe car driver will do something that causes an accident.

Probably the crooks just grabbed up everything they could. That means the stuff people have been keeping around that they never had time to repair.

thanks

I'll add 'Connections' an old BBC series covering the history of technology. The creator shows how one change in one place can affect the world. For instance, Napoleon's armies needed to be fed on the march and eventually we got modern food processing.

I think I made it through one Burroughs book [ a WW2 era Tarzan]

If you want a great heroic fantasy, try Robert Heinlein's "Glory Road." He gives you a great adventure, and casually kicks all the tropes in the knee.