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It was difficult at first, but after some time I actually liked the look of the 'city' at night.

Originally Posted by Ramil

It was difficult at first, but after some time I actually liked the look of the 'city' at night.

Yeah and in such buildings they always seem to leave the lights on all night and generally waste energy and resources.
And I don't think Russia needs to imitate the USA.... You have your own style, don't you?
What was there before? Where those buildings are? If it was anything half decent, you will regret it in 20 years when those buildings don't look cool or modern anymore! At least the Stalin scyscraper is timeless, and the style is definitely unique... Russia has so much cool architecture, really old imperial, Soviet era and what not. I hope they will renovate as much as possible instead of building new, cheap and ugly - generic buildings that you could find anywhere.

Originally Posted by Hanna

What was there before? Where those buildings are? If it was anything half decent, you will regret it in 20 years when those buildings don't look cool or modern anymore!

There was nothing worth mentioning, some old residential houses from Hrushev's era of no architectural value. Nothing I will ever regret of.