Czarist Russia in color (1905–1915)

Re:Czarist Russia in color (1905–1915) by lmm on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @10:55AM (#8142739)

I wouldn't say that. The clothes look uncomfortable, there are mud tracks rather than road, the whole city is two- or even one-story buildings (which implies you'd be living without any subcultural clubs in walking distance - hope you enjoy the same things everyone else does). Even the melons the guy is selling are clearly in much worse condition than modern supermarket produce. And look at how many people it takes just to operate one small fire engine or boat.

These are beautiful, fascinating pictures, but I wouldn't want to live there.

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Re:Czarist Russia in color (1905–1915) by golergka on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @11:43AM (#8143037)

I live in Russia, and rural towns look pretty much as you just described. Of course, there's a lot of broken asphalt on the roads, and houses don't look as good as in the photos.

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Re:Czarist Russia in color (1905–1915) by koberstein on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @12:53PM (#8143392)

Yeah I don't know how people managed to live happy lives with all those mud tracks and sub-par melons.

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Re:Czarist Russia in color (1905–1915) by lmm on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @05:26PM (#8144949)

If you look at happiness surveys, as best as we can tell such people would have been significantly less happy than we are.

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Re:Czarist Russia in color (1905–1915) by tmp1234519029 on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @01:18PM (#8143573)

Vodka.

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