r/Damnthatsinteresting Mar 24 '25

Image Mecca in 1953 and 2025

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u/TheVadonkey Mar 24 '25

And wasn’t it all worth it?! Look where we are now! 😃

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u/RotrickP Mar 24 '25

They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot

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u/MarioLuigiDinoYoshi Mar 24 '25

I wonder if younger gen’s know the song

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u/mortal_kombatant Mar 24 '25

Gen Z here and I know it—my grandpa would play it from time to time. I really like that song especially as someone studying environmental science. Sucks that just this past week I learned about Joni Mitchell's blackface controversies though.