To be fair, at least this one has a reason – wires back then were almost all above ground and an absolute clusterfuck, resembling something more akin to a spider's web at best and cocoon at worst, with very big chance to get entangled in them and electrocuted, if you were trying to repair something there. Gaze upon this:

Because of that, 5G conspiracy theorists have no excuse.

Electricity people be like:
It bright doe.