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citizens able to cultivate their own vegetable patches, an unfortunate similarity to the necessities of Soviet cities.

Didn't they have an article in their lifestyle section not so long ago about how urban vegetable plots were the ultimate in greenery? Pfeeh, it's Soviet!

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Fri Jun 12th, 2009 at 04:15:24 AM EST
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Well, it's the difference between the bobo chic of kitchen herbs in a box on the balcony, and the drudgery of hacking turnips out of the frozen ground. One is the natural result of Freedom™, the other of ----ism (complete ad lib).
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Jun 12th, 2009 at 04:24:57 AM EST
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They could have also said "an unfortunate similarity to many German cities today" but that wouldn't have quite the same sound (here's an article about them).
by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Fri Jun 12th, 2009 at 04:36:01 AM EST
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