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Commie Blocks Are Pretty Good, Actually

Adam Something · commentary · Watch on YouTube

Transit, cities & urban planningCivil engineering & construction

What it is

Adam Something gives a short, tongue-in-cheek defense of Soviet-era prefab apartment blocks. He argues they offer efficient, dense housing with schools and services built nearby.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Linked in housing and urbanism threads as a fun, deliberately provocative case that dense blocks are better than their reputation.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2022, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Here is a fun and a bit provocative/exaggerated video”

    Fun, provocative defense of eastern european tenement blocks

    bartwr, 2024-02 · Recommendation · in “The hottest trend in U.S. cities? Changing zoning rules to allow more housing”

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Topics: soviet housing, apartment blocks, urbanism, architecture, density

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