Apartments and metros

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• JustJack23@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  American apartments now:

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  • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Ok, so the luxury ones have a view. Now do poor people.

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• Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Newly built American apartments aren’t much better than commie blocks

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  • Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Having seen the interiors, Khrushchevkas are way nicer than any 5-over-1 I’ve been in in the US. By a comical degree, really.

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    • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      What do they look like on the inside?

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  • usrtrv@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What? All the new American apartments I’ve seen are luxury and full of nice amenities. Which I think is a problem because none of it is affordable. Even older apartments get renovated and the rent shoots up. I would love to see some practical and efficient apartments.

    This is Denver so your region my differ. From what I gather new bare bones apartments only exist in extreme cost of living areas like Sanfran or NYC.

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    • BakerBagel@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Those “luxury” apartments are just plywood and sheetrock byult as fast and cheap as possible. They look good at first glance but start to come apart after just a couple years.

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    • djsaskdja@reddthat.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Those “luxury” apartments are glorified shoeboxes with shared patio and pool access.

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• umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  i doubt commie blocks have been maintained well since the 80s

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  • JustJack23@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Actually in some places they are, they even look quite beautiful with new colourful isolation and stuff.

    Of course not always, I have seen some where the walls act as doors.

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    • BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Nice coat of paint

      But nothing can isolate those things, you can hear your neighbors breathing

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  • jury_rigger@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I live in one currently. One of the early ones from the 60s.

    Location is great, city provides hot tap water and heating. Cheap utilities.

    Huge amounts of these were insulated all over the country starting from the late 90s. EU also provided funds for that after my country got in.

    I honestly don’t remember seeing typical commie block not maintained well from the outside in cities nowadays.

    On the negative side - walls are crooked and not soundproof, this is usual, flat sizes are a bit too small for families. 50m^2 is most common for ones built before 80s I think.

    I did talk lately with retired construction engineer that knows these, he said that although these were built cheaply and were supposed to be temporary - as long as steel reinforcements don’t rust, probably will outlast all of us.

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    • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      interesting! thanks for the insight.

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• Gladaed@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  American build apartments are less spacious. Soviet blocks also have nice balconys nowadays.

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  • Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Much easier to fall off a balcony than through a window. Convenient feature in Russian culture.

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• drbluefall@toast.ooo ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I will not stand for this slander of the NYCT

  • sincerely, a New Yorker

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  • TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Congrats, you have one of the only functional public transit systems in the US

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    • Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Must be nice to be able to go somewhere without needing a car, or 3 busses and 3 hours.

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  • TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    NYCT is absolute garbage compared to the rest of the world outside of the US

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• detun3d@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Has anyone here read/played Metro 2033 and beyond?

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  • mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah that shit is crazy. The guy describes the metro stations like Tolkien the trees and bushes. I really felt the beauty of the stations when reading the Metro 2033 saga.

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    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Which is funny because I only saw cramped death traps in the parts I played

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• fox2263@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’m not even American and I know there are nice train/metros in existence. Grand Central looks pretty nice.

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  • Avg@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The stations themselves look amazing, the platforms on the other hand are still beyond deplorable.

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    • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I really like the DC metro stations. Sure, most aren’t opulant, but they’re usually clean and well lit, and I think the style looks really cool.

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• variants_of_concern@lemmy.one ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Sucks they had to walk everywhere

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