I went to Romania in 2008 or so. The part of Bucharest I stayed in was a mix of world-class socialist urbanism and post-socialist decay. Next to the apartment bloc with mass transit options and green space and de-commodified food there would be a group of children passed out on the sidewalk with spray paint around their mouths. Things weren't being built or maintained. The modern fascists whine about Timosoara being overrun by immigrants but its main square was by then a tourist trap with a McDonalds, the rest of the city seemingly in a developmental coma since 1989.
I went to Romania in 2008 or so. The part of Bucharest I stayed in was a mix of world-class socialist urbanism and post-socialist decay. Next to the apartment bloc with mass transit options and green space and de-commodified food there would be a group of children passed out on the sidewalk with spray paint around their mouths. Things weren't being built or maintained. The modern fascists whine about Timosoara being overrun by immigrants but its main square was by then a tourist trap with a McDonalds, the rest of the city seemingly in a developmental coma since 1989.