How Russian cities have changed under Putin

a reply to: Freeborn

Me? English born and bred. Southern England, by the Grace of God....

Potemkin villages.

a reply to: gort69

"Perhaps it is why most of its citizens have escaped, and continue escaping, over the past 400 odd years, to all parts of the World. Russia, and most of Eastern Europe, are considered utopias now, by most British standards!."

Most? Really?

Never heard of the British Empire? Colonies?

You ever been here?

a reply to: Oldcarpy2

The South?

I won The Jackpot, you alas just got 5 numbers and the Bonus Ball.



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a reply to: Freeborn

Come off it. Everyone knows - it's grim up North....

a reply to: Oldcarpy2

You've set me off now.



No doubt I'll be getting told off soon.....

a reply to: Freeborn

Ha!Ha!

Norbert Smith. That's you, that is.....

m.youtube.com...

a reply to: Oldcarpy2

Classic.

Its good sometimes to play up to the stereotype.
Thing is....I do know people like that even now, not many but one or two.

a reply to: Freeborn

There's a few round here that could be out of the Wurzels.

Mind you, I wore my Wurzels tee shirt shopping in Morrisons and the girl on the checkout asked "Are you in them, then"?



:cheers

a reply to: Oldcarpy2


Nah. But I use to entertain the idea of seeing the Ol Dart one day. Check out where the ancestors lived.

But with all the problems and issues you have there....mmmm maybe not. Besides, half of them live here! Everywhere you go, you hear a pommie accent. Great really.

Wouldn't mind coming over if you put me up Carpy? I can sleep in the one down while you're in the 2 up. Not drinking any of your Horse-Pi** though!. Wouldn't mind some nice fish and chips, most of ours have closed down seeing the Greeks are too old now. Maybe a bacon butty..mmm.

a reply to: gort69

I mean for the likes of tourists gort69 there are no real problems or issues.

Short of sightseeing, you may wish to avoid London all the same, if you are not what some people may call "streetwise".

a reply to: EndTime

All the statistics you mention, unemployment, crime rates etc are all doctored here in the US. Completely made up. How do you compare made up statistics with made up statistics?

a reply to: RussianTroll

Things look to be booming! Go Capitalism!

Here's Moscow before and after the wall.



Here's Shanghai before and after free market economies and Ponzi schemes.



And here is Doha, Dubai, and Riyadh before and after The Islamic Revolution.





I'm sorry, you're falling behind the other oppressive Anti-West cyber punk meccas in the construction of the most futuristic, LED covered, ostentatious, biggest, longest, or tallest construction projects.

a reply to: gort69

Not drinking any of your Horse-Pi** though!

That's bonny coming from the nation of the most over-hyped drinkers ever.
Never met an Aussie who could hold his beer. 😉

If you ever do make it over here come oop North, we'll make you welcome.

originally posted by: EndTime

originally posted by: RussianTroll
a reply to: EndTime

I provided some data in the comments. Naturally, what is in the public domain, I can find and publish.

Okay, I will go through your comments to find the information if it is there. I will trust you are not wasting my time.

To keep the discussion moving forward, would you say that Putin has done well on things like unemployment, crime and safety, healthcare, poverty, and care for injured veterans?

He's not wasting your time, nor does he owe you anything. You're the one coming into his thread making demands. If you want answers then perform your own due diligence and put in the work and stop being argumentative and lazy and dependent upon someone else to do the work for you.

Your questions are irrelevant as you are conflating them with standards in your own country which differ from other cultures. You asking about poverty and healthcare standards are only relative to what you witness within your country and not a country you are not a citizen of.

a reply to: Freeborn


No worries mate....might take you up on that on day.

Truth be known, I don't tipple anymore, only the occasional social drop, or barbie on a hot day.

Perhaps it was all the Southwark Bitter we had when I was young....or as it was called, Green Death....by most non Sossies.

We did have West End Draught though....but only P**fs drank that.....Oh and Coopers....which was more know for its Stout in those days.