--- Wojtek Sokolowski <swsokolowski at yahoo.com> wrote:
. This was accomplished largely by
> stringent residency permits required to live in the
> capital, and to a lesser degree in other major
> cities.
This is still the case in Russia. It's against the Constitution, but you still need a registration document to live in Moscow. My ex from Kazakhstan didn't have one and lived in terror of the cops. This was the case in Poland as well?
>
> Second, there was segregation in Soviet era cities,
> but more subtle and hidden. Everyone may have had
> similar level of income, but there were worse and
> better living areas, and one had to had the right
> connections, usually political, to live in better
> ones. Hence the term "red bourgeoisie."
Sure, but this was a pretty tiny percentage of the population, right? CP members.
Have a nice time in Africa!
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