Good Russia

[peacetraveler22]

Where are the most well kept, colorful and orderly homes in Russia? I don't mean mansions or dachas, but ordinary houses that are the primary living space for the occupants. Over the weekend, I began to process a lot of photos from the last winter journey and it's difficult to pick the city with the most vibrant and charming homes. In recent posts, I've shown only a few depressing and grey towns from the last journey, namely, Vologda and Ivanovo. In the upcoming stories, you'll see the opposite. Vibrant life, cleaner roads, and beautiful winter landscapes that immediately delight the eyes. Why are some cities so clean and pleasant and others dirty and gloomy? Is it the residents that live there, the financial resources of the local administration, or something else? Each of these towns is dealing with the same weather conditions, the same snow and the same ice. Can you guess the town pictured here and in the photos after the cut?

1. I don't know which color is most eye catching - green, blue or yellow? I like them all, and especially this house with the green plants and colored pots nicely placed in the windows.



2. Even in this town, there are some homes which appear to be abandoned, but they are not as apocalyptic as the sunken, destroyed homes I saw all over Central Russia. No busted windows, broken fences or collapsed roofs.



3. Compare with this, from my first trip to Russia.



Can you guess in which town these lovely homes appear? I'll reveal the answer later this week. :)

Comments

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen houses like this in Wyoming! :) I've not yet been to Minnesota.