Since people usually quibble and kvetch about fair comparisons based on cloudy vs. sunny, or camera angles making the favored photo look better (as if a car sewer would be meaningfully improved with better lighting), I’ll get in on the action (tongue in cheek-style):
This comparison isn’t fair, as it makes the car-less space look empty and desolate. All of the people are far from the camera, tucked in the background, while the cars are in the foreground, making it look well-traveled and vibrant. Never mind that there are probably lots more people in the ‘after’ image. (It’s hard to say for sure, because of the bus, ironically. Clearly a lot more people strolling than in the cars.)
![This plaza in downtown Guadalajara, Mexico, used to be a noisy, polluted car sewer. Now it's a place for people, bikes, and life, with underground rapid transit [Before pic in description]](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/638ed7a0-0816-4f13-ae11-96382c3c3078.png){kind=link}
Since people usually quibble and kvetch about fair comparisons based on cloudy vs. sunny, or camera angles making the favored photo look better (as if a car sewer would be meaningfully improved with better lighting), I’ll get in on the action (tongue in cheek-style):
This comparison isn’t fair, as it makes the car-less space look empty and desolate. All of the people are far from the camera, tucked in the background, while the cars are in the foreground, making it look well-traveled and vibrant. Never mind that there are probably lots more people in the ‘after’ image. (It’s hard to say for sure, because of the bus, ironically. Clearly a lot more people strolling than in the cars.)
What a load of gobshite.
In your pants?