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Originally Posted by zapatista
that is simply not true
having lived in Kent (southern england) for 6 years i know very well what country roads look like. many of the smallest ones are still single-car-wide only, with intermittent spots where one car can pull over to let another past
you seem to be presuming the whole of england exclusively had roads like that and it is simply not true. most roads allowed for traffic in both directions and were significantly wider, and many in the 40's had grass verges on either side to, its not as if they were lined by trees immediately next to them
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And having lived in London and ventured regularly into Kent (shudder - the countryside - yeuch!) all my life, I'm amazed to hear you've never driven down a two-lane road canopied-over with interlocking tree boughs. A-roads in this day and age are like autobahns from 30's Germany (and then some, as our Yank cousins would say), and the UK had nothing of the like in the 30s (thank God!).
I have to say: even after all these years, I'm mystified at the begrudgery and mean-spiritedness shown by us simmers. These shots are truly stunning and beautiful. I'm more than willing to live with realistic-looking forests that encroach on rural thoroughfares, because it's in a landscape I never thought would be possible to achieve (so much richer than even "hi-res" FSX sceneries). I'm even willing to live my own pet gripe (the colour of the roofs of English houses - would make the single biggest impact on the 'flavour' of the landscape -i.m.h.o...) because I have to pinch myself to believe the effort being expended by these skilled and dedicated souls to make my hobby even better and more immersive. I honestly want to say "shame on you" to the begrudgers and belittlers, but I won't, because life's too short.
So: thank you Oleg and the "Valiant 22".
Edit: And before anyone says that the roads have grown, or were wider somehow, think of how the forests throughout England have shrunk over the past 70 years. If anything forests should be encroaching more!