those ugly soviet standardized design concrete apartment blocks in bucharest have a cousin in Kabul, called the "macroyan". Some of them have now been fixed up

those ugly soviet standardized design concrete apartment blocks in bucharest have a cousin in Kabul, called the "macroyan". Some of them have now been fixed up and are part of the more desirable apartment/condo real estate because they're near the center of the city, and generally known as a nice community to raise your family. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/world/asia/kabul-afghanistan-soviet-housing.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/world/asia/kabul-afghanis... https://www.google.com/search?q=kabul+macroyan&client=firefox-b-1-d&sxsrf=AOaemvKJ8JA09rOFYDXTzN5mK_P-GYmv4Q:1640380088334&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjqkNiDrP30AhXqYN8KHUvqAx0Q_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=1680&bih=940&dpr=2 https://www.google.com/search?q=kabul+macroyan&client=firefo...