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So many people love to shit on these "commie-blocks" for no real reason. (feddit.org)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Hey there, also lived in commie block (ground floor of the 10 level (+ground) one), wanna add few things!

Ants and cockroaches. Always found they way in, even on higher levels! And once they are in, done, they ain't going out.
Outside look. Dunno how yours looked, but mine were all gray with corrugated steel at sides and a few stripes top-bottom of paint that was of unsaturated yellow, red or blue.
But also good sides. We had pre-school, primary and middle school pretty much encircled with our commie blocks (lucky to be in town). Also a trading centre with bunch of small shops, one market, few services and post office. And a lot of small local shops.
A lot of green and playgrounds. ^^
Spoopy windows. I believe I lived with the original windows, when it was windy, they tried to be spoopy (oooooOoooOooooo). Good luck sleepin during thunderstorm.

Also, bonus point for specifically my neighbourhood - it was built on cementary. We had a lot of weird phenomena, I learnt where it was built much later after moving out.

Now, miracle happened as they renovated these! Got proper insulation and paint, and they look nice now. They also moved down some green space outside the circle and made more parking, leaving inner greenery intact.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My small addition to the list is that the surrounding green spaces were usually poorly lit and created lots of opportunities for muggers to hide once it got dark. In winters it gets dark early, so winters were a dangerous time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Oh, yeah. A lot of bushes also, the tall ones in which you could overall easily hide. Where I lived, these green spaces were also different heights. Now it was somewhat safe where I was (in a "nobody shits in their own nest" way) but I've seen a few folk who upset more difficult people and...yeah. Pretty much nowhere to go safely.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Yep. Despite large buildings, overall density ends up pretty small so you often don't meet a lot of people when on a walk, which increases feelings of danger.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The ants one is real x3.. they were all over the place even on the 4th floor. No cockroaches where I lived but a ton of wasps.. I think the wasps were nesting in the walls

And the whistling windows too hah

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

We used to have those tiny Egyptian ones, but the heating system was replaced from a nearby industrial one to the central one and they all left because it became too cold for them.