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While the drama that happened there can't be denied, it is tiresome to see Romania in 2020 still presented in this light. I've been browsing hn.algolia.com for

While the drama that happened there can't be denied, it is tiresome to see Romania in 2020 still presented in this light. I've been browsing hn.algolia.com for articles posted in the past year about various countries and I think Romania wins hands down on bad image. Is Romania the bogeyman of civilisation? Well, supposedly Dracula comes from here too! Just a side comment.

bad_user 6y ago
I'm a Romanian and I actually love my country, but this article is more about communist Romania or at most the Romania of the 90s and we shouldn't be in denial about past or even current problems.
- decretel 6y ago
  esti prost
  - fenesiistvan 6y ago
    Sadly i don't have enough points to downvote your comnent
wastedhours 6y ago
I guess it's because a lot of the shit that's happened is reasonably modern by other country's standards (at least in countries that have taken as many forward leaps as Romania has). You have such change in 30 years, but also even more change held back by politics and still vast wage disparity. It's in an odd limbo where some elements are well in front of many countries (like connectivity, almost unparralled) whereas others, like poor infrastructure (like that stunt of the businessman building more highway the government) and a perception of the politics still being ruled by pandering to pensioners. Were it not for Brexit and my almost certain inability to get RO citizenship any time soon, we'd probably have moved out for a few years as things will still come on leaps and bounds.
fenesiistvan 6y ago
Currently our image is mostly determined by the gypsies spread all around the EU. One year ago when I was in Spain, people looked me very differently, depending if I introduced myself as a romanian or a hungarian (I am a hungarian living in romania)

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While the drama that happened there can't be denied, it is tiresome to see Romania in 2020 still presented in this light. I've been browsing hn.algolia.com for

by fierarul 6y ago

bad_user 6y ago
I'm a Romanian and I actually love my country, but this article is more about communist Romania or at most the Romania of the 90s and we shouldn't be in denial about past or even current problems.
- decretel 6y ago
  esti prost
  - fenesiistvan 6y ago
    Sadly i don't have enough points to downvote your comnent
wastedhours 6y ago
I guess it's because a lot of the shit that's happened is reasonably modern by other country's standards (at least in countries that have taken as many forward leaps as Romania has). You have such change in 30 years, but also even more change held back by politics and still vast wage disparity. It's in an odd limbo where some elements are well in front of many countries (like connectivity, almost unparralled) whereas others, like poor infrastructure (like that stunt of the businessman building more highway the government) and a perception of the politics still being ruled by pandering to pensioners. Were it not for Brexit and my almost certain inability to get RO citizenship any time soon, we'd probably have moved out for a few years as things will still come on leaps and bounds.
fenesiistvan 6y ago
Currently our image is mostly determined by the gypsies spread all around the EU. One year ago when I was in Spain, people looked me very differently, depending if I introduced myself as a romanian or a hungarian (I am a hungarian living in romania)