Market Street in San Francisco, CA in 1905.
No drivers licenses.
No income tax, Social Security, or Medicare.
No fiat paper currency.
No gun laws.
No drug laws.
Federal budget in 1905: $661 million (approx $16 billion in 2009 dollars).
English is not my native language.
And yet, it's important to remember the elements that were missing back then, since they brought us to where we are today. We would not wish merely to wind back the clocks.
It was pretty cool to watch ppl just cross the street whenever they wanted too, thx for the vid
Alan Chapman: No drivers licenses.
Sadly it appears that they had license plates. Thanks for sharing!
It was like watching some utopia movie :D amazing.
P.S. Sorry for my grammar and spelling. English is not my native language.
The 1906 post-earthquake sequel: