stackyFACTSNothing screams 'please forget our economy is in shambles' quite like a miniature train ride.
Nothing screams 'please forget our economy is in shambles' quite like a miniature train ride. During the 1951 Festival of Britain, organizers essentially built a massive theme park in London complete with temporary railways to trick a miserable, rationing public into feeling optimistic. The pleasure gardens required military-grade transport planning just to shuttle thousands of depressed citizens to a fantasy land of lights, cotton candy, and manufactured joy.
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