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reply with something u found and enjoyed on the internet this week (image, writing, website, meme, etc.) can be something new or just new to u (ﾉ^ヮ^)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧
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I found a good article about the history of Danchi (term for housing complex in Japan), I knew most of the stuff about its inception, but found some interesting facts, photos, and a couple of dope retro videos in this one. https://sabukaru.online/articles/hana-yori-danchi-soviet-chic-to-house-the-corporate-samurais
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interesting! i didn't know about this history reminded me a little bit of the kowloon walled city https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/kowloon-walled-city
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Yes, but Kwolong was a catastrophe in terms of living conditions, while danchi's are still being built today and millions of Japanese families live in such accommodations. I lived in different types in the North (Hokkaido) and in the South (Kyushu, Fukuoka), there are differences depending on the region's climate, but in general, the concept is the same. After the war, Japan bought a lot of unused projects from the USSR, and that is how modern community housing in Japan started. If you compare them, you can see a lot of similarities between danchi and housing from the USSR era in Russia and different post-USSR countries. Especially on Hokkaido, these are looking a lot like Soviet buildings from the 50s and 60s.
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yeah kowloon is of course extreme. there are similar looking housing projects in north america too. i lived in some when i was younger
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Haha, yeah, I lived in a 9 storey 300 meters long "wall" for a while when I was a kid 😅
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