>Michael Pugliese wrote:
>
>> For starters, housing? How come during the 7 decades of Soviet
>>planning there was never enough domiciles so that millions of newlyweds
>>did not have to live with the in-laws in a crowded apt.?
>
>Compared with the U.S., where a third of the population has serious housing
>affordability problems? Compared with Kenya? This seems like where you're
>exactly wrong - the USSR's strength was providing basic needs. Its weakness
>was consumer gadgetry and services (and tampons).
If you want to see a typical Soviet apartment and lifestyle, you can do no better than to watch an old episode of the Honeymooners. It's practically identical.
>
>Doug
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