"Life After People", a new history channel show, explores what would happen to our world after we are gone. What will become of our grand buildings? What about our domestic pets? Trash? Roadways? Within a matter of years, everything will be eaten away by the elements (weather and plant life) and will eventually return to forest. Without human control over dams and water supply, several main cities (Chicago and London, for example) will be flooded while cities like Los Angeles will return to its desert roots.
Here's a picture of Paris, population 0:
I love the show. I love the fierceness and resilience of nature. I daydream about life with very few people on earth. The quietness (from human evidence) and wild simplicity would be such a drastic difference. A world full of wildlife and very few human footprints would be my own Shangri-la.
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