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Hmm.. even north korea is building large apartment buildings, it really is just our governments that are unable to do so.
by ajsnigrutin 2y ago
Hmm.. even north korea is building large apartment buildings, it really is just our governments that are unable to do so.
- ceejayoz 2y agoTo be fair, it's easier to make them if they're mostly facades for show.
- decafninja 2y agoQuasi-theocratic hereditary absolute monarchies also tend to have ways to make things happen that more democratic governments find difficulties with.
- golergka 2y agoGood. Governments shouldn't be involved in building residential buildings to begin with.
- ajsnigrutin 2y agoWell yeah, but at least they have a lot of housing... The alternative is what we have everywhere else, governments not building anything and also not letting others build anything meaningful. I mean sure, in theory there are better alternatives, but not in my country and probably not in yours either, so housing in even mildly desirable areas is too expensive for normal people.
- golergka 2y agoDo you honestly think this north Korean real estate is actually attainable for normal people? It's a communist country. I'd washer that you either have to wait for 20-30 years in queue to get a single room (not single bedroom, single room) apartment for the whole family, or pay a hefty bribe.
- 5e92cb50239222b 2y agoI don't know about North Korea, but in my part of the former USSR housing was very much attainable for normal people. Much more so than today, actually. You didn't have to wait in the queue for more than 3-5 years to get one, and you definitely didn't have to get a mortgage and then part with most of your salary for the next 20 years. Pretty much everybody I know got 1-3 room apartments for free, including my parents.