A tale of Two Cities. r/urbanhell discussing suburbs vs discussing Commie Blocks

!architecture !engineering without getting into the merits of apartment blocks (I believe they're great for social housing projects), here's /r/urbanhellcels discussing the horror of American Suburbia. I partially blame films like "American Beauty" for this.

Where the F**K are the trees?! That should be illegal...

Edit: I see the trees now - Thanks guys, I thought it was all bushes and shrubbery. I didn't realize ONLY having small trees could disturb me so, Lol

Ok, avoiding heat island effect is something suburban urbanists should take in account.

Idk, maybe it's just because I'm British and quite young so the best home 90% of us could afford is one room of 15 sheds stacked on top of each other but I always though these were kinda nice. A little samey sometimes, sure, but they don't seem THAT bad.

In the uk i feel like you. Can access stuff easily via walking or public transport if you are living in such a small space. As that's usually in cities more culture etc. lived in Oxford n the housing is tiny but theres stuff to do outside yk? Idk

Lmao, Bongs posting their

What depression really looks like

And here even /r/urbanhell isn't having ut anymore

https://old.reddit.com/r/UrbanHell/comments/10uskvs/sorry_but_american_suburbs_are_far_worse_than_any/

Y'all act like people can't walk 15 min to a park here, this looks a common middle to above middle income neighborhood. You know what you probably won't find here? Homeless doing drugs, gangs, traffic. This looks like peace away from home, they probably see their neighbors once a week. It looks like I can grill in my backyard all day long without anybody bothering me.

Now for commieblocks

https://old.reddit.com/r/UrbanHell/comments/15kjnk3/commieblocks/

Unironically comfy

the fact all the buildings look the same height is really satisfying ngl

I thought they hated the sameness of the suburbs

Looks like afforable and healthy housing, dense enough to be serviced by public transportation. Could use a new coat of paint and some additional facade elements like shading and such. But overall, I love it.

It just needs some painting

I grew up in a 5 story Khrushchevka. It needed better insulation, but the actual urban planning was brilliant. Huge play area for children up front, close to stores and public transportation. Lots of benches and green areas. Beat the pants off any shitty American suburb with no sidewalks, where you could get run down by an SUV without even being aware of it.

SUV chads continue to make redditors seethe!

!anticommunists

https://old.reddit.com/r/UrbanHell/comments/fvn45q/moscow_russia/

Meh. The apartments in the photo appear to have balconies and wooded courtyard areas between buildings. There are millions of people in this world who would love to live in a clean apartment with heat and running water; apartments like these would be like paradise for them. If you think this is urban heck, you ain't seen nothing!

Fine, but it doesn't change the fact those buildings look hideous and probably need maintenance, they were build with pre-fabs back in the 1960s and have problems with insulation.