I have recently moved into an area that is a reclaimed gravel pit. There are « old traces of history » in the very earth and rocks that are crucial in creating these neighbourhoods.
I definitely do not think that the erasure of the past gravel pit operated is altruistic. This erasure is basically driven by the same imperative that caused the original ecosystem to be destroyed in order to create the gravel pit.
What I am sure of is that there is a definite relationship between then and now.

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