Soviet development that was driven purely by economic considerations tends to have all the issues of modern development. Well, except car centric planning, but we know why that wasn’t a consideration ever.

Apartment complexes that didn’t focus just on economy, tended to be way better. And that is missing from modern considerations almost always.

Still, there’s a reason pre-Soviet areas to this day remain some of the most sought out ones.

Relations with China will now be approached through “strength, not confrontation”, the report says.

The fuck does that mean?

Men: ^

Beetroot salad. You will panic, though.

The windows have all the modern anti-burglary features and the plumbing is immaculate

— excerpt from a sale advert for a house with its front wall missing and the living room exposed to the elements