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Discuss the lost civilization of Tartaria

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You're serious? Okay. Near as I can tell this is "We wuz kangz" for white people and in my conspiracy theory wired brain it's an effort to distract from the fact that we used to be able to get things done back when we had a gold standard and the country was run by people who worked for a living. The "evidence" is generally cool looking buildings built a long time ago coupled with structures that have been partially buried along with maps that show an AREA as "Tartary" or some similar term. And, it's entirely true that LOTS of cities are partially buried which owes to the fact that earlier cities grew with no attention to drainage and were subsequently changed to accommodate modern sewage systems. In some cases the buildings were actually jacked up and new foundations poured, in others the buildings were partially buried and upper floors became more or less ground floors. Also, some of the old building were truly massive structures build around paradigms of design that didn't readily accommodate water, sewer, air conditioning and so on, and tragically needed torn down to make way for modern structures implementing these features. Beyond that, early design features of really expensive buildings were to take advantage of natural cooling from partial basements, but with enough window exposure to access enough air and light to enhance comfort. Basically, it's just interpreting old things from a modern perspective without realizing our modern perspectives have nothing to do with how designers of the day thought. And, I suspect there's at most, two guys, working for the government who have the job of promoting this distraction. But, I love the videos which feature some of the most fabulous architecture of the past.