Great stuff, so much green everywhere and obviously not a single piece of advertising. Practically heaven compared to modern west.

    • StellarTabi [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      they're exactly like where US poor people live, except with 10,000x more space between buildings (all public grass) and 0% homeless

    • jackmarxist [any]
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      2 years ago

      From what I know, they used to be better maintained during communist times with better amenities and stuff but once that stopped, they just became slowly shitty looking concrete buildings in many places.

      Plus the post Stalin commie blocks in the USSR were kind of shit.

      • GVAGUY3 [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        To be fair, they did have to rapidly rebuild after WW2

      • edge [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        but once that stopped, they just became slowly shitty looking concrete buildings in many places

        So just another example of capitalists ruining something then pointing to it as an example of communism.

    • RION [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Ikr, put me up in one of those, so much green space too!

    • AHopeOnceMore [he/him]B
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      2 years ago

      My only complaint is that they're not mixed use and the density is kinda off. Folks should be able to walk to do all of their essentials and use transit to get to work in most places. A centrally planned housing strategy has the opportunity to make this happen.

      • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Most of those had Corner stores or bike shops or whatever somewhere in the court, but the problem was that it was really expensive to keep them all stocked.

        They had the walkability down (except for work, because it turns out you shouldnt live near heavy industry), but it was really inefficient.

      • happybadger [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        The blocs in Bucharest are the ideal. First floor commercial, everything above is a two bedroom apartment. You walk downstairs and there's a bodega/bakery.

    • wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      A lot of it was car-oriented and not mixed use. It was nowhere near as bad as American suburbs but a lot of commieblocks were built next to gigantic streets.

      • FlintstoneSpiceLatte [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        Yeah, scrolling through I was definitely disappointed about the car dependent infrastructure, but I love the futuristic look.

        I have said it before, and I will say it again. We need to reclaim the scientific, futuristic aesthetic from the muskrats.