I’ve lived my entire life in commie blocks and unless my neighbours were renovating I had no issue with noise. However, new apartment building here do have that problem, and it is very noticeable, so maybe the issue isn’t with the concept of an apartment by itself, just the materials used in building them. Commie blocks are thick concrete and rebar.
Nowa Huta: The city that went from communism to capitalism
Once a failed post-WW2 utopia, Krakow’s Nowa Huta neighbourhood has found a new lease on life and is slowly emerging as a tourist destination.
The future we wanted:
The future we got:
C c c commie blocks!
commie blocks, but… they look good???
because the picture was taken during a sunny summer day instead of a cloudy russian winter like usual???
impossible!!!
Living on a flat is not that fun. Spain is one of the western countries with more flats instead of individual houses.
And it’s reported that a big chunk of Spaniards live with noise issues which affect our health in a negative way.
Hearing your neighbors all the time in the supposed tranquility of your own home can be mind breaking.
The main point is that all people have homes, instead of sleeping and dying under the bridge
That’s true.
I’ve lived my entire life in commie blocks and unless my neighbours were renovating I had no issue with noise. However, new apartment building here do have that problem, and it is very noticeable, so maybe the issue isn’t with the concept of an apartment by itself, just the materials used in building them. Commie blocks are thick concrete and rebar.
Yes. Building quality definitely matters, a lot.
Also some people is more sensitive to noise than others.
I have find out that since living alone I notice noises much more, which is reasonable.
Where’s the first picture?
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220112-nowa-huta-polands-utopian-socialist-city
Capsule hotel, popular in Japan.
I think they mean the building pic, not OP.