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Her statement is kinda strange that "socialist projects are unwalkable", and whole libertarian fixation on the everything Soviet, keeping in mind that Soviet c
by IWeldMelons 9y ago
Her statement is kinda strange that "socialist projects are unwalkable", and whole libertarian fixation on the everything Soviet, keeping in mind that Soviet cities are very, very walkable but becoming less so, because after the fall of USSR zoning rules became less strict.
- golergka 9y agoCan you provide an example? Moscow definitely became much more walkable in the last ~20 years, mostly thanks to the private development as well as state-run infrastructure.
- IWeldMelons 9y agoI do not like sharing my location, but where I live, the city is becoming more car-oriented, they began to put commercial buildings into the inner courtyards, and ugly in-fill condo buildings where they do not belong.
- agapon 9y agoUSSR cities used to be very walkable and very public transportation oriented because they were built with low personal car ownership in mind. And that was the reality until the iron curtain fell and imported cars flooded the market.
- gowld 9y ago"socialist/Soviet" probably means "1950s-1970s", when monolothic block projects were popular. In the USA, Robert Moses was the engine of this movement, that was very pro-car / anti-transit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Moses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Moses Also related, the Brutalist design that favored gigantic concrete polygons over more multi-scale human-friendly designs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist_architecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist_architecture