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This is one benefit of commieblocks nobody's talking about. They lead to green cities. This is how commieblock districts of my city look like: https://spoldzie

by ajuc 5y ago

This is one benefit of commieblocks nobody's talking about. They lead to green cities. This is how commieblock districts of my city look like: https://spoldzielnialsm.pl/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Obecnie_3_800.jpg https://spoldzielnialsm.pl/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Obecni... https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ud9-Z0UHVHg/W7-qUjfNT9I/AAAAAAAAiME/gyl2o6EGVXgI9ahveeSH7PZ9OdrlOWvvQCLcBGAs/s1600/2018.05.27.%2BLublin%252C%2BLSM%2Bz%2Bdrona-2.jpg https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ud9-Z0UHVHg/W7-qUjfNT9I/AAAAAAAAi... Modern car-centric districts are much worse, and single houses districts are car-centric concrete hell in comparison.

jll29 5y ago
Living alone or in small families also means a lot of space for not a lot of people. In Berlin (which has been mentioned above as a very green city) there are also many communities of people that live together despite not being in a family or relationship. Such flatshares/apartment sharing is more ecologically sustainable because one kitchen can serve 3-4 people that would otherwise have to buy their own kitchen and appliances. Personally, I would not mind sharing a TV (barely use one) or washing machine or garden with more people, but the way western society works in terms of building defaults is biased towards individualism not community building.
jotm 5y ago
We had trees on the main streets in my home city. Then they "modernized" it, widened the roads and cut the trees (even though there was still enough space for them, or at least newly planted ones!). Now it looks pretty shit (just imo), and it's hellish in summer - no shade, hot as hell, the buildings with their new windows and white finishes are blinding. I used to love walking there, now I avoid them.
Asooka 5y ago
Yeah, the Soviets and central planning get a lot of deserved flak, but as someone who grew in that part of the world, I hold that they got high density urban planning right. Not the execution, of course - the endemic corruption saw to that, all those buildings need a lot of repairs and upkeep, but the plan was sound. You have small quiet commercial buildings on the ground floor and every district has basic amenities within walking distance, with large communal green spaces. Sadly we're now trying to do everything the American way, i.e. the way 80s-90s America is presented by TV. You can look at a new building and pinpoint which sitcom served as inspiration. Picture perfect buildings being plopped on the outskirts of the city with frankly absurd connections to the roads around them. Residential-only buildings being built right to the edge of the road and cannibalising all the green space. New roads cutting right across old footpaths with no way to cross them. At least there's a little bit less corruption and a bit more freedom.

by ajuc 5y ago

jll29 5y ago

Living alone or in small families also means a lot of space for not a lot of people. In Berlin (which has been mentioned above as a very green city) there are also many communities of people that live together despite not being in a family or relationship. Such flatshares/apartment sharing is more ecologically sustainable because one kitchen can serve 3-4 people that would otherwise have to buy their own kitchen and appliances. Personally, I would not mind sharing a TV (barely use one) or washing machine or garden with more people, but the way western society works in terms of building defaults is biased towards individualism not community building.

jotm 5y ago

We had trees on the main streets in my home city. Then they "modernized" it, widened the roads and cut the trees (even though there was still enough space for them, or at least newly planted ones!). Now it looks pretty shit (just imo), and it's hellish in summer - no shade, hot as hell, the buildings with their new windows and white finishes are blinding. I used to love walking there, now I avoid them.

Asooka 5y ago

Yeah, the Soviets and central planning get a lot of deserved flak, but as someone who grew in that part of the world, I hold that they got high density urban planning right. Not the execution, of course - the endemic corruption saw to that, all those buildings need a lot of repairs and upkeep, but the plan was sound. You have small quiet commercial buildings on the ground floor and every district has basic amenities within walking distance, with large communal green spaces. Sadly we're now trying to do everything the American way, i.e. the way 80s-90s America is presented by TV. You can look at a new building and pinpoint which sitcom served as inspiration. Picture perfect buildings being plopped on the outskirts of the city with frankly absurd connections to the roads around them. Residential-only buildings being built right to the edge of the road and cannibalising all the green space. New roads cutting right across old footpaths with no way to cross them. At least there's a little bit less corruption and a bit more freedom.