The micro-district layout looks much more organic than suburbia or European cities with narrow streets.
I unironically think that Soviet city planning is quite ok
Isaac Richardson
Mason Butler
Also, this dispute between Europeans and Americans about walkable cities always seemed strange to me. In post-Soviet cities, it is equally convenient to walk or drive a car.
Eli Gray
Did commies really give out houses for free? I wouldnt mind living in one of those commieblocks if it was free desu
Jackson Martin
it was, pic related, city build from the ground up after the war, according to social-communist urban planning rules
Christopher Sanchez
I totally agree. Also death to Putin
Bentley Taylor
I agree. Maybe not the most beautiful looking, but it was placed pretty well and everyone basically was able to have a home cheaply
Aaron Bailey
My east German grandma claims housing was free for everyone, but she might also just be a confused old woman
Jason Murphy
Micro-districts suck because they cause unnatural density gradients in a city (when outskirts are denser than the centre). They barely have any jobs, and the absolute majority of people commute, causing traffic problems.
Isaiah Mitchell
Comfy. What city is this?
Based.
Michael Johnson
Basically it was like social housing and you had to wait in a queue. Getting married would be the main thing to jump in the queue, which is why people would marry really early. But housing was a huge problem in general, it wasn't uncommon for grandparents, children and grandchildren to live in a single flat of two-three rooms.
And in the 90s those flats got privatised en masse.
Jayden Long
>much more organic than suburbia or European cities with narrow streets
its literally the definition of master planned.
everything down to the toilet the pole cleans, and you shit on.
even our master planned communities look more natural. Especially from the street.
Nathan Bailey
A Camel Is A Horse Designed By A Soviet
Cameron Wright
soviet tampere
Evan Bell
for communist countries housing was effectively free, since most of them are distributed, east germany prob had better housing condition when compared to a country like laos since its industrial capabilities. It's not like you can put your house on the open market anyways in a communist country. China had free housing till late 90s, and now they have one of the most fked up real estate market in the world.
Josiah Lopez
Too much greenery in the town itself to be soviet. Only bricks, concrete and dirt are allowed in our towns and cities
Andrew Martin
If I could I would never move from where I live, I unironically love my neighborhood. 3 bus stops near me, a tram line, a school just outside my house, a dog park, plenty of green areas, a church, 3 stores, a commie mini shopping mall, a little forest where teenagers can drink cheap wine in without being bothered by the cops. Even little hills for kids to ride sleds on during the winter.
Kayden Morgan
i thought soviet towns were generally pretty green with parks
John Clark
>Only bricks, concrete and dirt are allowed in Soviet towns and cities
russian*
Our cities are pretty green.
Gavin Rogers
the good life of you eastern europeans.
i suffer in Italy
Christian Thomas
Commie blocks are like one of the most negatively seen things related to communism and yet they are one of the best things the Soviet Union did.
Well planned, mass produced housing for a population that either had their homes destroyed in the war or still lived on hovels without plumbing.
They are a bit of an eyesore due to the massive demand for housing leading to very efficient buildings without frills and a lot of them have decayed due to a lack of later maintenance and renovation but still.
Grayson King
I disagree. it looks disgusting. we will help our ukrainian brothers to get rid of it. decommunization is real and is happening right now. no more soviet apartments. no more tears and pain
Grayson Barnes
russhit