That's not just suburbs. I've lived in one of Russia's "sleeper communities" or whatever you call them. Twenty-stories appointment buildings as far as the eye can see, like fifty thousand people packed as densely as humanly possible, yet absolutely fuck-all to do because there's nothing but grocery shops as far as business and entertainment go. I guess the big difference is there's public transportation so a kid can take a hour long ride to the city out of that hellhole.
The ones build in Soviet times are better because the big cities weren't yet that huge so those "sleeper districts" build on the outskirts of the city are much closer to city center than the ones that are currently being built. Also the soviets baked more infrastructure into them, but I suspect much of it has been sold to the highest bidder after the Fall.
Also the ones that were supposed to be temporary are called Khrushchevkas and are up to five stories tall. Most taller ones build after were supposed to stay.
That's not just suburbs. I've lived in one of Russia's "sleeper communities" or whatever you call them. Twenty-stories appointment buildings as far as the eye can see, like fifty thousand people packed as densely as humanly possible, yet absolutely fuck-all to do because there's nothing but grocery shops as far as business and entertainment go. I guess the big difference is there's public transportation so a kid can take a hour long ride to the city out of that hellhole.
Those were built to be temporary housing until socialist city planning could take place. They ended up just staying though.
I'm talking about Post-Soviet ones.
The ones build in Soviet times are better because the big cities weren't yet that huge so those "sleeper districts" build on the outskirts of the city are much closer to city center than the ones that are currently being built. Also the soviets baked more infrastructure into them, but I suspect much of it has been sold to the highest bidder after the Fall.
Also the ones that were supposed to be temporary are called Khrushchevkas and are up to five stories tall. Most taller ones build after were supposed to stay.