I have definitely seen some in France

frenchies are an odd bunch

but theirs have some more stuff thrown in

don't think they are purely brutalist

grey and soulless

Soul (Moscow round apartment block)

Soulless (The **new** Scottish parliament)

the chinese are the absolute worst offenders when it comes to commieblocks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0M-QlVXSEg

they don't leave enough space between buildings and there is no greenery

I think all Soviet era buildings should be demolished

Espc our Statue of "Liberty"

god I hate how it just stands there

agreed

however

for reference

the new buildings being built across eastern europe/including russia, a good part of them lack proper building norms

water infiltrates

the basement floods

the walls are thiner

etc

a good portion of them

Not in Hungary they don't

Although we are not proper Eastern Europe either

it depends from what construction companies you strike deals with

if they can get away with cutting corners they will

Never heard of any building having those problems here

We **do** however have a massive issue with delays

my blocks had draconic building codes since it's built right after the great earthquake of 1977

I wonder how many of these new buildings will hold properly in a real earthquake

as in a few months to a year and a half setbacks

Oh wait, you are a Romanian?

If I have to choose between a new block with questionable earthquake resistance and an old one with proper earthquake code, i'll go with old

yes

Timisoara

I did hear some shady stuff about your construction companies

it may be that

yeah

the very new buildings built after 1989 had some catastrophic qualities

only after we joined the EU in 2007 were they forced to respect proper regulations