Thank you for sharing even deeper. From the external, they look very sturdy especially when left alone without much care or maintenance.
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Thank you for sharing even deeper. From the external, they look very sturdy especially when left alone without much care or maintenance.
I think most of the decay that's found around this part of the world in the buildings and roads really is just from neglect, rather than the materials or weathering over time. A problem may appear and it just gets ignored which naturally leads to greater decay. And that's found even within apartment buildings from the era. The one I am in, the stairway has huge chunks taken out of it to the point where you can see the rebar in the steps. Nothing is done about it though. The government clearly doesn't give a shit and the mentality of the people coming from a communist (and now fairly capitalist) era is that it's not their responsibility.
The same was in Armenia: old apartment buildings that tower into the sky that look ready to give in. Elevators from the Soviet Union still that wobble and barely function. But they'll happily fix the interiors of their own apartments and make those all spacious and modern. Step outside and the hallway has paint peeling off, missing windows in the stairways so it's cold all the time, etc. It's such a strange thing to see for me, knowing that back in England these things would've been dealt with ages ago.
I genuinely believe that one day these buildings will collapse with the people still in them, and even then nothing will be done to stop it from happening to the rest.
I see. Thanks for the further share. Then indeed it warrants additional eyes on it before anything catastrophic happens.