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Re:What Did the Past Smell Like? by airstrike on Monday December 14, 2020 @01:31PM (#25421218)
> Also I wonder if the countryside wasn't a lot better than big cities like paris ..

Between Town and Country, the aristocracy has historically considered the former to be the lesser choice.

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Re:What Did the Past Smell Like? by iguy on Monday December 14, 2020 @05:02PM (#25424000)
In many places, the aristocrats lived in the city for the winter (when the cold kept the smells and disease at bay) and in the country for the summer.
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