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Just know that not all of Bucharest looks like this. Looking at his other entries, he seems interested in visiting the more poor/neglected places of a city, whi

by 323 5y ago

Just know that not all of Bucharest looks like this. Looking at his other entries, he seems interested in visiting the more poor/neglected places of a city, which is fair.

madflame991 5y ago
I was thinking the same; they have a map of their route and I see they went through Rahova, Ferentari and they somehow missed Zetari and the cemeteries there on their way to Anghel Nutu; those areas are actually the worst off of the entire city - quite a coincidence :/ I’ve been almost daily through these areas for years; used to actually live on str Anghel Nutu; finding this on HN on christmas day is a bit surreal. I come here for tech articles mainly
Muromec 5y ago
Looks like pretty standard commie-block district to me. Outside is no man's land, it looks pretty dead and post-apocaliptic in winter, but with exception of few photos, it's all pretty livable and relatable. Last time I visited my parent's commie-block, it even looked lovely (during summer) with all the trees outside. It's insides of those housing projects, that are soul-crashing really.
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beebeepka 5y ago
That's what I always do. I don't care about museums and tourist traps. No, I want to see the real thing, check out how people live. There's plenty of shit (literally and figuratively) everywhere I've been but I haven't seen northern Europe and Switzerland.
- bserge 5y ago
  Yeah, seeing how the poorest fare is the best way to judge the development level of a country. Indeed, if you're wealthy, you're gonna be living great anywhere. But look at the poorest people, are they homeless? Do they struggle to afford food and electricity? Do they have the means to get to work and back? Health care? That's the true measure of a society imo. I'll also add that in this case the buildings may be old and look straight out of a post apocalyptic movie, but they can be quite liveable inside. And there's more space and green stuff around, compared to the newer (car centric I'd say) blocks.

by 323 5y ago

Just know that not all of Bucharest looks like this. Looking at his other entries, he seems interested in visiting the more poor/neglected places of a city, which is fair.

madflame991 5y ago

I was thinking the same; they have a map of their route and I see they went through Rahova, Ferentari and they somehow missed Zetari and the cemeteries there on their way to Anghel Nutu; those areas are actually the worst off of the entire city - quite a coincidence :/ I’ve been almost daily through these areas for years; used to actually live on str Anghel Nutu; finding this on HN on christmas day is a bit surreal. I come here for tech articles mainly

Muromec 5y ago

Looks like pretty standard commie-block district to me. Outside is no man's land, it looks pretty dead and post-apocaliptic in winter, but with exception of few photos, it's all pretty livable and relatable. Last time I visited my parent's commie-block, it even looked lovely (during summer) with all the trees outside. It's insides of those housing projects, that are soul-crashing really.

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beebeepka 5y ago

That's what I always do. I don't care about museums and tourist traps. No, I want to see the real thing, check out how people live. There's plenty of shit (literally and figuratively) everywhere I've been but I haven't seen northern Europe and Switzerland.

bserge 5y ago
Yeah, seeing how the poorest fare is the best way to judge the development level of a country. Indeed, if you're wealthy, you're gonna be living great anywhere. But look at the poorest people, are they homeless? Do they struggle to afford food and electricity? Do they have the means to get to work and back? Health care? That's the true measure of a society imo. I'll also add that in this case the buildings may be old and look straight out of a post apocalyptic movie, but they can be quite liveable inside. And there's more space and green stuff around, compared to the newer (car centric I'd say) blocks.