Exactly like the place I currently live in. I’ve never understood the hate these glorious extremely functional living spaces get.
These are all that exist in Finland as suburbs. Growing up I always thought that this is what a suburb is, and then I saw what Amerikkka is like. I think this essentially is what a suburb is also in all other countries that bordered the USSR. Also Sweden looks a lot like this.
I recently read about the way housing was done in East Germany and it was pretty much exactly how it used to be done where I live. The Soviet Union is gone, but we still have these suburbs with parks, actual services and stores, typically forests and lakes nearby, schools, sporting facilities and just everything you ever need. Funnily the last time I actually had to go outside the area I live in was months ago. My healtcare is here, my workplace is here and so are restaurants and stuff like swimming halls and gyms.
The city central is about 10km away by a tram, but I really don’t have to go there unless I want to.
These are also the only type of housing I might still be able to buy an apartment in and I’m ok with that. The buildings typically have their own sauna, a root cellar (this has sadly become rare, but my grandparents still made all their jams and pickles into one when I was a kid and saved a lot of money doing that), a communal space, a bike cellar, a barbecue area, play area for kids, a laundry, some have a gym or a craft space.
I also think this is the only real material reason why homelesness is still relatively rare here, there are a lot of these suburbs and while rents have become ridiculous and they are mostly privatized, most can still find a rental to live in. The state loans that these were built with still manage to prevent the worst landlordism.
Exactly like the place I currently live in. I’ve never understood the hate these glorious extremely functional living spaces get.
These are all that exist in Finland as suburbs. Growing up I always thought that this is what a suburb is, and then I saw what Amerikkka is like. I think this essentially is what a suburb is also in all other countries that bordered the USSR. Also Sweden looks a lot like this.
I recently read about the way housing was done in East Germany and it was pretty much exactly how it used to be done where I live. The Soviet Union is gone, but we still have these suburbs with parks, actual services and stores, typically forests and lakes nearby, schools, sporting facilities and just everything you ever need. Funnily the last time I actually had to go outside the area I live in was months ago. My healtcare is here, my workplace is here and so are restaurants and stuff like swimming halls and gyms.
The city central is about 10km away by a tram, but I really don’t have to go there unless I want to.
These are also the only type of housing I might still be able to buy an apartment in and I’m ok with that. The buildings typically have their own sauna, a root cellar (this has sadly become rare, but my grandparents still made all their jams and pickles into one when I was a kid and saved a lot of money doing that), a communal space, a bike cellar, a barbecue area, play area for kids, a laundry, some have a gym or a craft space.
I also think this is the only real material reason why homelesness is still relatively rare here, there are a lot of these suburbs and while rents have become ridiculous and they are mostly privatized, most can still find a rental to live in. The state loans that these were built with still manage to prevent the worst landlordism.
We owe everything to the Soviet Union.