Back in the 80’s I visited the Soviet Union. The way they dealt with this sort of problem was by having multiple families living in one small apartment. No big deal, right?
No wonder Vodka sales are so high in the Soviet Union.
Yeah. When I went to visit my aunt in the coal-mining area of Poland, where the government was in complete control of the economy, the pollution was so bad that she had to repaint her apartment every year.
On the plus side, at age 70, she was finally able to obtain her own apartment. She had worked as the rolling-pin-weilding manager of a local hotel, where she used to break up fights between coal-miners. I love my auntie!
The chicken we had for dinner looked like it had fallen down a flight of stairs though.