than/as I previously knew

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than/as I previously knew

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What alarmed me was to see the public indifference to this obvious plight, something that would have been inconceivable ___ I last knew this town, twenty years ago.

I think "as" is correct here but I am not sure and it sounds kind of weird.
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Re: than/as I previously knew

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It would be grammatical...
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