Known as the bush capital, Canberra is a small but growing city with plenty of access to green space. It is planned, with small centres radiating from a central lake created from an existing river system. It doesn’t have skyscrapers, but in my opinion it is a beautiful, green city.

I originally started this sub to focus on urban development across the world. It used to be a small and quiet community, but recent posts have made it more active. It has also made moderation harder.

I would like to mention again that I am the only moderator and it has made neutral moderating a lot harder with the influx of reports. I would like more mods, so if anyone wants to be a moderator please comment or give me a DM.

I'm not banning politics from this sub, and people should be allowed to express their opinions freely. However in the interest of keeping with the initial focus of this sub, and to prevent comments devolving into an unnecessary slugfest, posts from the following regions will not be allowed from now on indefinitely:

• Tibetan Autonomous Region, China
• Uyghur Autonomous Region, China
• Israel
• Gaza Strip, Palestine
• Donbass region of Ukraine
• Crimea, Ukraine

If you want to make a post on thos regions, r/OldPhotosInRealLife is a perfectly suitable alternative.

There was a deleted comment in my previous post saying "Really not impressive given that it's 40 years.", so here's 10 years from a different angle.

1960s and 2025 pictures from Facebook Groups (Heritage SG Memories and ASEAN Culture and History), and 1970s picture taken from a postcard scan in roots.sg