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Yeah I grew up in this broader region as well and my blood boils when I read tankies on Reddit claiming how much life was better than nowadays or in the west.
by morbicer 2y ago
Yeah I grew up in this broader region as well and my blood boils when I read tankies on Reddit claiming how much life was better than nowadays or in the west.
There's only one life aspect I might concede. Ugly "commie blocks" of prefab concrete were built plentifully. Right now we have a ludicrous housing crisis where even those old apartments that were planned to be obsolete nowadays are so expensive that purchase is out of reach for average young person.
- jhbadger 2y agoWell, I'm not sure "plentifully" is really the right word. Sure rent was dirt cheap if you could get an apartment, but many young married couples lived with their parents in the USSR and other Eastern Bloc countries because there was a housing shortage right up to the end.