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I would love to see other countries classified maps of US cities.

• showerst 5mo ago
  Here's a fun collection of Soviet maps of DC - https://www.wired.com/2015/07/secret-cold-war-maps/ https://www.wired.com/2015/07/secret-cold-war-maps/ Someone on reddit got the actual maps but the link has bitrotted, wayback saved some - https://web.archive.org/web/20241207144716/http://architectofthecapital.org/posts/2016/8/6/hyper-detailed-soviet-maps-of-washington https://web.archive.org/web/20241207144716/http://architecto...
  • xhkkffbf 5mo ago
    Do they have pointers to the bars with the best vodka?
  • macintux 5mo ago
    Thank you, that Wired piece is fascinating. (I probably enjoyed it 10 years ago too.)
  • threeio 5mo ago
    I have two of these up in my office.. absolutely love them
• sixtyj 5mo ago
  You could like The Red Atlas by John Davies and Alexander Kent. It is full of maps made by the Soviets of the Western world during the Cold War.
  • daveslash 5mo ago
    Came here to make the same comment. I have a copy of The Red Atlas. Fantastic. Here's a link to the comment thread about it here on HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15378422 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15378422