It’s also, like, houses even in the US were like that during the same era as the Khrushchevkas. Sorry that mid 20th century housing isn’t up to 21st century standards.
It’s also, like, houses even in the US were like that during the same era as the Khrushchevkas. Sorry that mid 20th century housing isn’t up to 21st century standards.
what
Because elevators at the time was a lot more expensive than now. The technology was less mature. Between choosing to spend a large portion of the budget to build elevators or using that money to build more units to accommodate everyone, they chose the latter. You could always get first floor units if you had accessibility requirements.
Evil Soviets making you get some exercise
Seriously though, Americans (and Canadians) will drive for an hour to an expensive gym and run on a treadmill instead of just taking a jog outside for free, or use a stair climbing machine while refusing to use any real stairs. Just, why?
Cause FREEDOM, baby!
But seriously, I don’t know. The ways of the Burger Tribe are truly incomprehensible.
Some people will always need elevators and that’s okay. So it’s more like: evil Soviets being incapable of making technology immediately affordable
I know that, I’m confused on why didn’t the creator of this thing didn’t think about that
Because it’s probably an armchair “architect” blindly hating Soviet apartments because /r/architecture told them to.