However, defectors usually flee the north to the south. I wonder why that may be

> woman in game looks her age

"it doesn't have to be realistic is a Game"

> black people in medieval setting

Nah, it's not dystopian enough. Just sad

I'm sorry to inform you that there's a parking lot next to the development and that in 30 years you'll live in a pod you don't own and be happy. Sorry

"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" is a 1973 short work of philosophical fiction by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin. With deliberately both vague and vivid descriptions, the narrator depicts a summer festival in the utopian city of Omelas, whose prosperity depends on the perpetual misery of a single child. "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" was nominated for the Locus Award for Best Short Fiction in 1974 and won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1974.

People who would never say a word about Ansarallah or Hezbollah would praise or go support Rojava

That's because Ansarallah and Hizbollah are religious fundamentalist patriarchal organizations. Critical support for their struggle against US influence, sure, but they're still right wing movements. PKK on the other hand is an old but very dynamic hard leftist organization. Their goal is to crate a liberated, multi-ethnic international communist region, has been for a while now. They've been struggling against a genocidal state in Turkey for decades and still thrive.

They're the underdog that took an opportunity to create the first version of that region in Rojava, not even fighting the central government but filling a power vacuum that otherwise would have been (and in other parts of the country has been) filled by religious extremists. ISIS brought the war to Rojava, which was quite convenient for the US because desperate people don't ask where their weapons come from as long as they can stop an existential threat.

Rojava still is a beacon of hope for people in northern Syria, eastern Turkey, and the rest of Kurdistan. It has seen amazing cooperation between ethnic groups that clash in other parts of Syria, not to mention communist grass roots organization (as in communal soviets), women's liberation, and an end to persecution for Kurds.

top tier boomer meme

Really depends on your priorities (e.g. aesthetics vs. comfort).

Extremely steep stairs

are quite space efficient, and if you can't walk those, chances are less steep stairs are difficult too. That's why stairlifts exist.

high ceilings with big windows

are the most important feature in an apartment for me. I don't like the claustrophobic feel of modern low ceilings, and windows have gotten smaller in the 50s and are now ridiculously big but without the intricate features or good proportions of pre war buildings, which were perfected over time and make for nice, bright living quarters.

High ceilings are also much more comfortable in the heat of the coming climate, and I don't have the money to really heat my apartment anyway so I use blankets and hot bottles.

I'm absolutely with you on the shitty landlords' special. Fake fireplaces are neither original nor necessary and usually only there to increase the rent.

Also I didn't watch the video, sorry. The power of the thumbnail just compelled me to leave this comment

The video has the single message that enforcing a lot of internal circulation leads to the development of bigger apartment blocks with mostly one bedroom apartments. Allowing a single staircase (which isn't a security risk any more thanks to better fire prevention measures) makes it possible to develop a variety of apartment layouts and generally build more housing.

the worst thing is apartments that have a flat roof. they act like water isn't an issue at all.

Flat roofs have gotten quite good lately. In Europe, modern flat roofs have an almost 200 year history (look up Berliner Dach for examples) and if they are well executed, there are no issues. The bigger issue with modern building techniques is the omission of constructive building protection (e.g. roof overhang, which protects buildings from driving rain) And instead an overreliance on modern materials.

Not exactly

Another example of an apartment building that's illegal to build in North America

However, since capitalism permeates everything and cars ruined space efficient building and planning practices, USian non-spaces are spreading everywhere. It's just that regulations in the US are exceptionally supportive of capitalist extraction.

Thank you!

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