Comments by "carkawala khatulistiwa" (@carkawalakhatulistiwa) on "The Curse And Joy of the Soviet Free Housing #ussr, #socialism" video.

  1. because in Siberia the air temperature can be up to -40c / -40f so if your toilet is in your house you defecate in winter where the water freezes so it can't be flushed and your rises also freeze and spread a bad smell throughout your house . so the toilet is made outside. unless you are rich enough to install a water heater that is always on so you can go to the bathroom in the house
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  2. The Soviets were the world's largest gas and oil producers. where oil companies are publicly owned so they are not looking for profit so people can use whatever they want like some countries in the Middle East. 1 liter of gasoline is only 10 cents usd
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  3. as poor as you were in the Soviet Union, you couldn't possibly die of hunger, homelessness and out of work.
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  4. because the Soviet Union never once had a GDP larger than the United States, it was an inappropriate comparison because the Soviet GDP per capita was only 1/2 us gdp per capita. also the Soviet Union of European countries is fairer when competing with other European countries. Ireland has a smaller population density than the United States but because of your opinion it is also small, the size of the house is also smaller than the United States. Even Canadians own homes 20% smaller than the United States but the GDP per capita is 30% smaller too. So comparing the houses of the rich to the houses of the poor is really not good
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  5. and so it depends more on the place of residence because the hot southern area does not need to heat the house, sometimes the building is a little bigger
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  6. pay radio is like pay tv cable or satellite tv
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  7. 21m2 of stalin era. 30 m2 in 1960 .34 m2 in 1970. 37 m2 in 1980 and 45 m2 in 1990. So there is always an upgrade for a one bedroom apartment
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  8.  @bretteumont657  I think it's more appropriate to be called middle class because. as poor as you were in the Soviet Union, you couldn't possibly die of hunger, homelessness and out of work.
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  9. 1 bedroom for adults, 1 bedroom for children. at least when they grow up they can get their own free home
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