On: Schoolchildren ordered indoors as air pollution cloaks Shanghai

[wil421]

What did the cities look like in the US and Europe during parts of the Industrial Revolution?

I cant imagine it was as persistent and thick as some parts of China.

[DanBC → wil421]

As already mentioned in the thread the London "pea soupers" were as bad, or worse, than the pictures we see here.

Google image search for ["pea souper"] for images from 1950s London.

[wil421 → DanBC]

Here is a good link in case anyone is interested.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2243732/Pea-souper-k...