The best fucking joke is that those buildings and neighborhoods despite being absolute piss poor quality are waaay nicer, roomier and greener than what capitalist development corpos build these days. So yeah, free market for the win i guess.

[–] FluffyPotato@lemm.ee 20 points 5 months ago

Quality is actually not bad. Like yea, they usually don't have modern wiring but since the construction materials used are insanely durable and thick renovating those buildings with new windows, heating, pipes and wires gets you like the best possible apartment. You will never hear your neighbours, winters are warm with minimal heating and that building will last for like centuries with minimal maintenance.

Source: Lived in one and renovated it too.

[–] BenchpressMuyDebil@szmer.info 17 points 5 months ago

Seconded. When walking around my 60s neighbourhood in Poland I can clearly see that someone sat down and planned how the neighbourhood is going to look, i.e. where there will be a store, where a kindergarten and where a school. Not to mention a huge swath of lawn with playgrounds in the middle of the buildings for the ultimate flex.

Opposite of "ok we'll sell the land and the free market will figure it out".

[+] Ansis100@lemmy.world -6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No they're not lol

[–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago (2 children)

At least where I live new developments are crammed so you can see directly into the windows of your neighbors, there are fences between every fucking building and the only outside there is, is a parking lot.

You have to walk through concrete plazas 15 minutes to get to a convenience store because its impossible for you to take a shortcut through another buildings parking lot, no, no. You sit in your own fucking designated area.

Meanwhile commieblocks are spaced apart with trees between them, there is no fence in sight and catch this: they made openings in the longest buildings so you can walk a shorter route wherever you’re going.

[–] menemen@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Many also have quite a lot of social areas, shopping places and good public transportation. If they are well maintained, they are far superior to the space wasting, infraatructure hungry, climate destroying sprawling suburbs of several western countries.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Meanwhile commieblocks are spaced apart with trees between them, there is no fence in sight

Man, I really hate current infencetation.

Meanwhile soviet city building book:

Trees
More trees
See 2
Each district has everything
Each microdistrict has at least something like school, polyclinic or kindergarden
There are no bad houses

and catch this: they made openings in the longest buildings so you can walk a shorter route wherever you’re going.

True. I couldn't find photos of them on the internets, so if you want, I can walk tomorrow and take some photos. Or you somehow find them and post for lemmy to see.