^ Oh for sure it seems like people were a lot more capable of dealing with major challenges at other times compared to now. I wonder if part of it is that Halifax wouldn't really have been considered historic back then since it was so much younger and therefore wouldn't have had as many areas that people felt should be "locked in" aesthetically. Or also, that people were so much more accustomed to adversity that it was easier to keep things in perspective. Adversity like the wars and explosion would have been felt or at least understood by everyone to some extent, while the effects of a housing shortage and high prices mostly just affect certain demographics. Some even benefit from it by it increasing the value of their own properties. So the biggest priority for some people - including some with degrees of power - is to isolate themselves from any changes.
Or perhaps it's just as simple as class dynamics. If the new housing in prior eras was mixed into fairly affluent and established areas rather than in the form of new districts, maybe there would have been just as much scrutiny.
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