Comments by "Piccalilli Pit" (@piccalillipit9211) on "How Shopping Malls Are Being Transformed Into Apartments In The U.S." video.

I moved from a village in the UK to a communist-era apartment block in Bulgaria, I have never felt MORE like I live in a traditional village than here. They may LOOK grim but they are SO well designed and arranged - within 200m of my apartment I have everything I need for day to day life from doctors to greengrocers and butchers, the schools, a medical centre, the bus stops to the centre of the city, playgrounds for the kids a small meadow and a small supermarket, The old people look after the kids and their is LIFE - I know every single person within 500m of this block because its a little community.
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I LIVE IN BULGARIA NOW in an old commi block - EVERYTHING I need for daily life can be had within 200m of my apartment - I don't even have a refrigerator...!! I just buy what I want to eat fresh that day. It is SO liberating to live right next to shops and services. I can get my shoes repaired, see a doctor, buy vegetables, a book, art supplies, dog food. After moving here my car sat for 3 years until it would not run and I gave it away. There is a bus every 7 minutes to the city centre. It is the nicest place I have ever lived. OH and the roads are multi use - cars dont have the right of way, we do have pavements but may people just walk in the road
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@jankaufmann4305 Where the heck do you live? - I am in Europe in a mixed use zone and its AMAZING. I have NEVER heard anyone else ever complain about living in one
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I LIVE IN BULGARIA NOW in an old commi block - EVERYTHING I need for daily life can be had within 200m of my apartment - I don't even have a refrigerator...!! I just buy what I want to eat fresh that day. It is SO liberating to live right next to shops and services. EDIT: And yes - if you live in an environment like this - you live outside a lot, with people talking to people and its great for your mental health
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@Linusrox123 I live in one in Bulgaria - Its amazing I love it.
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I moved from a village in the UK to a communist-era apartment block in Bulgaria I have never felt MORE like I live in a traditional village than here. They may LOOK grim but they are SO well designed and arranged - within 200m of my apartment I have everything I need for day to day life from doctors to greengrocers and butchers, the schools, a medical centre, the bus stops to the centre of the city, playgrounds for the kids a small meadow and a small supermarket, The old people look after the kids and their is LIFE - I know every single person within 500m of this block because its a little community.
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@jankaufmann4305 You live in one of the nicest countries ON EARTH and you are telling Am3ric4ns NOT to be more like SWITZERLAND...!!! Dude you need to GO to suburbia in Am3ric4 an learn what its like to have to drive 37 miles in traffic to get 1L of milk. JEEZ. A place 90% of the world want to live in and you are telling people not to be more like it. Have you ever heard of the concept of being "spoiled"...??
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@jackmichael2442 I love it
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@Sm1te79 Dude the average Am3ric4n house is built out of cardboard and sticky-backed plastic with a design life of 20 years OH and BTW - malls have sprinkler systems - unlike McMansions
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