>>20780433>be my family>obtain a land plot for a dacha in the 70s>dacha plots are arranged along a single-track dirt road>less than 5 meters between fences on the opposite sides of it>cars are rare so it's ok>fast-forward to the 90s>cars are more widespread now and people keep ordering heavy trucks with building materials>dirt road is now full of ankle-deep potholes >everyone wants to grab as much land as possible, places fences so close to the road that it feels like driving inside a tunnel now>one of the neighbors has a rather modest house but he's the owner of an asphalt factory>funds an asphalt road for the entire dacha village out of his own pocket>it even has speed bumps>doesn't even benefit from it directly much, his land plot is at the very entrance to the village>we now have the best road around>fast-forward to the 10s>the asphalt factory patron has long passsed away>the road hasn't had any maintenance, is developing cracks and potholes>can't drive faster than a snail's pace without risking damaging the car>speed bumps are the least of one's problems now>another neighbor with a plot halfway down the once-paved road gets ahead in life>builds a proper mcmansion, easily 10 times the value of any other adjacent dacha in the settlement>doesn't invest a penny into maintaining the road leading up to it>any visitors to this palace now have to drive through a gauntlet of mud-filled craters to reach it but don't seem to mind>there have been attempts to fundraise new asphalt but most of the dacha owners are poor and/or visit a couple times a yearMany such cases. Sad.
Some of this has carried over from the Soviet proletariat mentality when everything was maintained by the state and they never had to bother with maintaining infrastructure beyond their apartments or plots. Also reminds me of a woman who tiled the floor in the staircase corridor of her commieblock so that it looked nicer, neighbors thought she was insane.
