Also, because the khrushchyovka were supposed to be temporary, the USSR didn't do much maintenance on them. Then, post-91, none of the post-soviet states will do maintenance on them because "why bother, commie blocks are ugly anyway". So it's been a self-fulfilling message. They're ugly so don't maintain them, so they become ugly so don't maintain them...
They aren't even that ugly. Spartan maybe, I'd prefer some nice arty touches, but a Soviet housing district looks fine. It's just the west always photographs them at 3pm in February rather than high spring when the trees and flowers are out in the courtyards.
That's been bothering me for a while. Yeah, everything looks grey and shitty in the middle of winter. When you see pictures during the spring and summer where everything is green they look beautiful.
Hmm, I actually don't know if there are racial implications to who lives in commie blocks in ex-soviet states, I think it's usually just old people. If there isn't, then that part at least is a bit different from the US public housing defunding narrative, which is definitely in part racist.
Also, because the khrushchyovka were supposed to be temporary, the USSR didn't do much maintenance on them. Then, post-91, none of the post-soviet states will do maintenance on them because "why bother, commie blocks are ugly anyway". So it's been a self-fulfilling message. They're ugly so don't maintain them, so they become ugly so don't maintain them...
They aren't even that ugly. Spartan maybe, I'd prefer some nice arty touches, but a Soviet housing district looks fine. It's just the west always photographs them at 3pm in February rather than high spring when the trees and flowers are out in the courtyards.
That's been bothering me for a while. Yeah, everything looks grey and shitty in the middle of winter. When you see pictures during the spring and summer where everything is green they look beautiful.
That's sad to hear. I'm going to assume the same line of reasoning is used here in the states in regards to public housing too.
Hmm, I actually don't know if there are racial implications to who lives in commie blocks in ex-soviet states, I think it's usually just old people. If there isn't, then that part at least is a bit different from the US public housing defunding narrative, which is definitely in part racist.
Yeah the narrative here in the states surrounding public housing is that it's bad because of racist undertones.
Younger people live there too either because they can't afford anything else or they inherited a flat.