This Is How Much London Changed Between 1981 & 2021

[@ToastieBRRRN]

40 years ago Shenzhen (China) was only a fishing village and now it's a city with a 12.53 million population. Which I just find mind-numbingly quick for a place to change.

[@CC-yx2rt]

A population of 12 MILLION in the span of 40 years! That’s insane!

[@brandonk.4864]

@Crossiant Studios ?

[@EvanAviator]

@Crossiant Studios ?

[@cornelius3583]

@Crossiant Studios huh wdym

[@seppi4033]

@@cornelius3583 Well, they mostly do not have access to the world wide web and the western culture as a whole

[@bigaspidistra]

That area of white space on the 1880 map was not water but Millbank Prison. The first thing built on that area after it closed is what is now Tate Britain.

[@rogink]

I think up until - maybe 50 years ago - there were blank spaces like this on OS maps. usually for places like military bases.

[@iProgramInCpp]

@@rogink os maps?

[@29..47]

@@iProgramInCpp ordnance survey.

[@asdfghjkl.123extra]

Instead of asking if someone is going by car or foot, I’m now going to ask, “Are you a car or pedestrian?”. It’s far more efficient

[@namshimaru]

11:50 " I said that Tesco was the peak of human accomplishment, but then you see an ASDA a _24 hour ASDA_ "

[@blastermane]

Asda is shit (this message is brought to you by a tesco employee)

[@Moonsick.Morgan]

In conclusion: quite a lot.

[@Nugcon]

good observation

[@dazza2350]

good observation

[@Totoroxxxxx]

good observation

[@JacksSpiralShape]

good observation

[@NotaNotas]

good observation

[@alanh.790]

We need a video of you going to see if that tree exists near Five Guys.

[@d.c.8828]

THE TREE IS A LIE

[@FmsJames]

You've helped cultivate my interest in geopolitics and geography and what-not lol

[@damnitaintright]

Same omg! Geography was my “major” in high school (idk how to explain it) but over time I lost interest and thanks to ToyCat I’m fascinated again!

[@adabbejahtonganyiki410]

"London is my Country" - Team Ibx10cat.

[@jamaldrakeford1889]

U sound like a gay nerd ngl

[@tanyabailey6527]

@@jamaldrakeford1889 nothing wrong with being a nerd, jamal, we're all nerds here.

[@nnexterr]

@@jamaldrakeford1889 Shush go away

[@kabalofthebloodyspoon]

You have 100% the right sponsor policy. You pull the viewership of an American basic cable show on a niche network so... charge what you’re worth. Besides, adverts are basically intangible so they are valued on a basis of the previous comparable transaction ;)

[@EllaGP22]

I love hearing Toycat ramble about the obscure and narrow topics that most people don’t care about

[@renderproductions1032]

Next video: I went to five guys and punched down a tree I didn’t know existed.

[@footballwhale7144]

Yo Five Guys is amazing

[@Tom-eq7eh]

@@footballwhale7144 is it though?

[@WAncouvOR]

@@Tom-eq7eh it's good but expensive. Like $10 for a burger.

[@del7896]

I really wouldn't mind more sponsorships. You produce entertaining, often educational content. I think the world would be a slightly better place if there was more ibx2cat content. Being rewarded more adequately would probably make you more inclined to produce more content, or at the very least allow you to compensate the eventual video editor fairly.

[@rogink]

I don't think I've ever seen a Toycat sponsorship. In this video I got ebay at the start and finish - but they were just regular ads.

[@Philistine47]

Here's a fact you don't need to know! In the Olden Days a "cooper" was someone who made wooden barrels, and a "cooperage" would have been the place where they did that. So that probably wasn't a "Co-Operage" in that old photo of London Bridge.

[@mikelastname1220]

You are right. It was a KOOP er age.

[@danielstevens2385]

There used to be station offices in that thin building at London Bridge, and then went to make space for a new platform. There also used to be a road going through LB and that's where that new gate is, I think. You can see information about it all in some of Geoff Marshall's videos on London Bridge's redevelopment

[@yashshah3484]

Soho has been same from last 3 centuries, i assume? Of course there has been changes but not the major ones.

[@thsxi]

Katowice - Katovitse Toycat: CaToWiChE

[@nnexterr]

catowishie

[@kasnickijakub]

lol 🇵🇱

[@Oilerator_]

One day Sealand will be as big as London.

[@MikeWillSee]

I just wanted to point out that the National Library of Scotland (the website you were using for your maps) has a side by side/overlay view where you can compare modern and old-fashioned maps with each other. It's really useful for showing things like how towns have expanded etc.

[@ashleyhamman]

Those NLS maps are so great to explore to see how places have changed over time. The example I like to show is how suburbs popped up in such a short timespan and can already feel old, such as comparing how Muswell Hill was an unremarkable village with fields in the 1870s, to having a large landmark and being infilled with suburbs in the 1910s, and now its half way between city center and the urban fringe, not including commuter towns.

[@MrAsianPie]

I just realized that 1981 was 40 years ago... I wasn't even alive during 2001

[@misspat7555]

Don't worry, you didn't miss much. Dubya became president, then some psycho people thought airplanes, with people in them, would make good bombs. That was pretty much it.

[@adamabouelleil160]

Can you also talk about Dubai there's a drastic difference from 3 decades ago to today

[@bruhz_089]

Du bye

[@jimybobjim]

@@bruhz_089 lol

[@dxb338]

people do not notice street trees in busy areas. Once one in downtown Philadelphia was literally on fire and no one even so much as looked at it. I had to double check with the friend I was walking with to make sure I wasn't seeing things.

[@yodorob]

I absolutely never knew about either the former Canada Pond or the former Quebec Pond, or the present-day Canada Water area where those ponds used to be. I'm proud, as someone living in Montreal!

[@clintcarpentier2424]

20:00 It became a McDonald's because smoking laws impacted pub traffic.

[@jeremywissell8027]

"Toycat has a breakdown over a single tree"

[@MusicLusber]

This video reminded me about when I used to live in London, Canada Water area. I lived there between 2009 to 2016, it was a pretty nice area to live at within London, it was so fascinating when I used to discover old remains of different stuff that were there before it became a residencial area, like old trams rails coming from nowhere and going to nowhere, remains of old factories chimneys, etc. But the most bizarre for me was to live in a building built on top of what used to be a water pound... Every area of London has so much history, I love it! So thats why I try to go there very often! :)

[@christophermarshall527]

It's very easy to get distracted by the baubles on the Christmas tree instead of seeing that the tree is dying.

[@sagetds1995]

btw Katowice is pronounced "Katovitza" The site on the Isle of Dogs where Canary Wharf is today used to be home to the West India Docks until the 80s when it was replaced by a bunch of high-rises now known as Canary Wharf.

[@TheRockyLeonFan]

If you ever get a sponsorship that you decide to accept it should be by something like North Korean Embassy or something

[@imienazwisko4219]

I don't think seeing local small businesses being replaced by enormous corporations is a good thing

[@hublanderuk]

16:46 you ask why the opening is there if you look to the left and the right it says Stainer Street. When they Built London Bridge Station it was built over roads like Stainer Street. This road came out by Southwark Towers the Building that was there before the Shard. I one worked in that building. On Streetview in 2008 you can see they are taking down Southwark Towers.

[@emilyx33x]

yeah my dad didn’t realise how far canary wharf was from covent garden - he insisted we walk and didn’t listen to me saying we should get a taxi (was like 3/4am)

[@Phenomenoia]

Toycat throwing a mini tantrum about not being able to go to McDonalds around the world at the end really made my day

[@hublanderuk]

I remember Canary Wharf Station which the Dockland Light Railway train Stopped and no station. Builders were digging the footings for one Canada Square at the time

[@montyandmaryv9340]

You should do 1920 to 2021 to see how the suburbs expanded

[@DecadeAgoGaming]

6th mass extinction also caused by humans

[@tinkerman__]

Canary Wharf is changing even now with Wood Wharf rising. The whole east end and royal docks are under redevelopment much like they did with Stratford.

[@MrSammotube]

Those metal gates and London Bridge were usually open when I was commuting there every day pre-pandemic - I think they may use them to control congestion.

[@dvanerdivkanade]

You should talk about Toronto, the fastest growing city in North America (by huge margin) and big financial and technological hub

[@badhrihari1705]

Make a series on how big cities have changed and fast growing cities today

[@rufioh]

Get yourself more sponsors my dude. If sponsors are happy to pay you and it’s not stressful to add them to the show, you should take that money. It could definitely make your life more comfortable, or increase the production values of your map videos. Imagine if you could get props

[@SilvanaDil]

Going back 150, 200 years in London -- ha! try NYC. Points for taking the piss out of Canada, though.

[@MichaelJohnsonAzgard]

Maps show human greed, arrogance and the mess we've made of this planet.

[@mastertrams]

9:32 That'll be the new Crossrail / Elizabeth Line station you've just stumbled upon!

[@TheRockyLeonFan]

18:12 'Depends if you're a pedestrian or a car' Any cars watching, hit the like!

[@dethmin173]

In this episode, Toycat realizes things change.

[@marcusjay8103]

1st) for Ad's, get all the bag you can. You deserve it. Just make sure they are kinda cool ad's if possible. Hell, I'll. Even settle four raid Shadow Legends is it means that you get some extra cash the 30 to 45 seconds. But really have no impact to the viewers and can make or create creators bank account so don't and accept the offers you feel appropriate. With the time and effort you put into your videos you definitely deserve to be paid for them more than absence office along with sponsorship a couple of midrolls wouldn't go a miss either. your true supports will understand and support your effort and have no issues helping you survive living in a place like London. Much peace and love to you my man, Marcus

[@MrSammotube]

What do you think of London City airport? It is tiny, but I have found it the most stress-free airport. It only does short trips to Europe, but you can check in about 5 mins before your flight - interesting experience.

[@centrafrique9252]

I really love the work you do, so I hope you can make as much $dosh$ as possible :)

[@renderproductions1032]

Toycat is yes !! Big salmon ❤️

[@sumtingwong2138]

London does look browner than ever before

[@ashamedtobebritish1373]

Good.

[@southwestsaxon]

looool get replaiced' boi

[@jamaldrakeford1889]

I'm doing my best to speed that up dw 👉🏿👌🏻😏

[@irthamepali]

Didn't ask G

[@oxymoronx]

I’m guessing that the giant gate is for unloading freight/large things which need to be brought in to decorate (for the holidays) and for construction and renovation

[@friendlysky7674]

Queen Elizabeth watching this be like: Huh, now people are FINALLY backing off of me, my age, my choice🙄🙄

[@makouras]

Humans are the no.1 chance of life to get out of this planet before it gets gobbled up by the sun, or another such catastrophic event takes place beforehand. They're great.

[@isd4154]

- a human

[@boringneet]

What were those stores at the end of the video lol?

[@howdyhamster]

14:49 Who else expected the word "Panama" to follow from that?

[@ovrair6340]

Southwark is a city, cus it is a town with a cathedral, it is one of the two cities in London, as well as the city of London, there is another cathedral in London, but apparently it dosent count as a city

[@Matthew_Ssali]

Croydons a city aswell.

[@LaurencePike]

You can see the missing shape from the 1880 map in google maps, you're just looking one block too high. There's a pretty noticeable circle-ish shape just south of when the double tree is

[@Jraves]

bro insane

[@nyksiss]

In the end of video you mentioned Georgia and question yourself if it's candidate in EU which brought me other idea. Not even continent borders are clear as well which makes Georgia in somewhat between Europe and Asia depending which one definition you trust. (Making mount Elbrus the highest mountain in Europe or just some high mountain in Asia :Đ )

[@33m3c]

You can thank Scotlands oil for that, see the mccrone report for reference.

[@RogueRabbit]

15:19 don't insult the Canadian geese! They can be really aggressive

[@ams0876]

The gated exits are fire exits or emergency exits.

[@LordMelbury1953]

Where I grew up was Swan Road interesting to see this area in your video. Canada Water is near the Canada council estate with blocks named after Canadian places Pre dating the Tube station. Also Canary Wharf was created and built by a Canadian company. And now I live in Canada 🇨🇦. 🙂 👍

[@comradegrandpa]

23:11 Ok but I would love a vid about the oregon territory and Cascadia and the state of jefferson and chinook jargon and stuff

[@noahward9829]

How do you record a video at 1am and not be tired?

[@jimybobjim]

I’m fine with sponsorships, as long as they are related to the video

[@TherealRexmanGamer]

I like the way you don’t do massively large amount of sponsorships

[@JackFranco95]

A bird shat in my brother in laws pint in the pub near that five guys when he visited from Glasgow.

[@paupadros]

9:24 It's the future Crossrail station actually

[@franl155]

How did you get the timeline? I've never seen that on Google Earth, and I went to check after I saw it here. Nope. Mine only gives me here and now. I'd like to see where I used to live back in the old days

[@295g295]

8:11 In USA, Canada waters are Dry.

[@ravmundo6827]

Dam im early lol, really enjoyed this vid i find this kinda stuff really interesting hehe 😄

[@nialli2000]

Fascinating video, but did anyone else feel sad that he celebrated a nice looking pub being torn down for a McDonalds at London Bridge?

[@gui18bif]

Kinda sad how every unique restaurant has become a franchise tho

[@Frogboyaidan]

Surprised this isn't on andrew andrew

[@tskjesusfreak]

I like donors doing the funding not sponsorships and ads in general.

[@zues121510]

Ha! I have Sponsorblock and know exactly when a sponsor will appear!

[@effexon]

How London handles river meandering? Almost all rivers change river shape over time, so those buildings, areas in that near are in danger....

[@erichtomanek4739]

Humans built all these cities. insert: Sad Lizard People noises.

[@295g295]

7:01 ship sails

[@Millhouse235]

Why so little views it's a great video

[@yulin84]

"illegal nuclear powers" okay CIA toycat 🤨

[@Corwin256]

If doggos ever build a nation it would be called something like Hungary.

[@enstudios2320]

I wouldn't mind more sponsorships, in the end if people don't like them they can just skip ahead in the video.

[@realfangplays]

20:20 I think its one of those buildings which have been demolished except for the front so that they don't ruin the look of a place. Of course they demolished it completely later on. I am not completely but reasonably sure

[@sohatyi]

In London, like in Paris, they actually built frontages to hide the railway lines in the Victorian era. There are buildings that look like houses that just have painted on doors to hide the underground as it becomes the overground.

[@LoserZalbo]

I went to the long acre back in the day! It was pretty good I think, wildly better than five guys

[@LoserZalbo]

Admittedly, that's not too hard

[@Michael0697]

1:05 i choked on air when you pronounced Szolnok as Snozololot. Szolnok is pronounced Sul-nuk.

[@tonydai782]

Another example I think of of very fast development is Dubai, just search up how it looked in 1980

[@CC-yx2rt]

Why was toycat looking at a Canadian post office?

[@DarwinskiYT]

0:58 “katowichee”

[@TheRockyLeonFan]

The reason for industrial part being in the east (at least in my town) is because the wind blows west so all the bad stuff is blown out of the town.

[@BuildConquerDestroy]

You mean the wind comes from the west & blows east. If it blew west it'd blow all the pollution from the east part of town, into the west part of town.

[@TheRockyLeonFan]

@@BuildConquerDestroy yeah that. I messed it up

[@MeiraV-]

Perhaps ibx2cat could do with a Patreon? I have 4 creators that I support monthly, three of them are via Patreon. With the fourth, (gee, who could that be?) I'd have begun supporting them easily a year earlier except I couldn't stomach giving Susan my info until the pandemic happened. Of course, I have no idea what it would require from you. And you'd probably need someone friendly to manage it. Wink wink, nudge nudge.

[@ibx2cat]

I technically already have a patreon for what it's worth

[@Dilanalikurt]

Asda was always in the Canary Wharf it was the only thing on the island ( the island is what people from the east end call it)

[@adorabasilwinterpock6035]

It went from an English city to Londonistan

[@southwestsaxon]

Anyone can be English as long as they live in England. English just means from here. It's nothing special. There's no such thing as anglo-saxon blood (far right conspiracy). Also, British is just a passport. Stop being RACIST 🙄

[@mariacarmen8230]

@@southwestsaxon I'm an Argentine woman living in London for 25 years and I agree with them. England isn't the place I fell in love with anymore 😓 and I will never can be british or english even though I have British citizenship, it's not racist.

[@evalewis9313]

@@southwestsaxon odd, my DNA test results must have been lying then. Rashid is here now and tells me my precious lineage is just a myth 🤔

[@allen7043]

make the oregon territory video

[@TejasNafde]

Shouldn't we get a bonus 10% with your code instead of a discount

[@classaction3965]

Yip look how London the south east has changed and the rest of the country has gone to hell in a handbag.

[@GUSTA99X]

I wish Argentina had these changes and were a more industrialized and developed country 😞 In the Patagonia there is no population, except for some cities. I think it would be an excellent place to create industries.

[@LUNE.44]

Toycat do the sponsorship stuff we will just skip it anyway and u get paid

[@lvseka]

The fact that we keep building things is the problem here

[@dragonli1y]

Being paid with a capital P isn’t very good. An uppercase Q is much better.