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The world has less colour.
This isn't a dramatic "I'm depressed" post, though that is a factor. Nature is still nature-coloured, for one, and it still looks lovely.
I mean that like, you'd go outside and look at the cars and see a rainbow of colours. Now it's all black, silver, or white. You only see colorful cars if they are really old beat up rustbuckets or if they are brand new luxury vehicles used by super rich people.
Buildings too. Businesses and the buildings they set up shop in would be painted with garish, eye popping colour. Now everything trends towards landlord-beige.
Edit: And it should be noted, this happened for a reason, and I am aware of that reason, and that just makes me crankier.
I've noticed that as well, most cities in the States are all different shades of brown and grey. It's kinda sad to see.
I always assumed that bland colors were easier to maintain and appealed to more people. But by God let's not have any color in the world because of resale value...
The thing is
they're kinda not?
Grey("Silver") on cars kinda is in the sense that it "hides" dirt, but like, that particular shade of landlord beige they use on buildings? That becomes an ugly colour within weeks of exposure to the elements. And would require constant repainting to stay looking good.
It's all about that resale value and the fact that nowadays no one buys anything expecting to keep it for very long. So the less "personal" things are, the better to pass them along.