Literally the poor people in London lived in the East End because it was downwind.

London has one-way wind?

	▲	nosianu 6 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Prevailing wind directions are common though? Coriolis effect and earth rotation and continuously moving energy source in the sky and all that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevailing_winds That's why we learned to look at on wich side of the trees the moss grows to find the compass directions.
	▲	nullnix 6 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yes. Marine environment: the wind blows largely off the Atlantic, across the whole UK.