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View Poll Results: What is the commieblock capital of Canada?
Laval 11 5.29%
Longueuil 9 4.33%
Gatineau 3 1.44%
Ottawa 32 15.38%
Kingston 2 0.96%
Belleville 2 0.96%
Scarborough 27 12.98%
North York 36 17.31%
Hamilton 34 16.35%
Kitchener-Waterloo 9 4.33%
London 45 21.63%
Windsor 3 1.44%
Edmonton 27 12.98%
Burnaby 2 0.96%
Winnipeg 15 7.21%
Elsewhere: please state your claim & justify! 9 4.33%
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Old Posted Jan 18, 2011, 7:05 PM
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Commie-block (slabsville) capital of Canada

Nominate contenders. According to urban dictionary, a commieblock (aka concrete slab) are

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Serial hi-rise public housing, usually tall concrete building that has identical buildings around it built in a cluster. Invented by socialist governments to provide fast and cheap housing for its citizens. Most of them are in countries like Russia and China and provide the bulk of public housing. Rare in Western countries, but some of American "projects" are in fact commieblocks. Modern commieblocks are very clean, comfortable and prove to be excellent housing type with many advantages over urban sprawl
That last sentence is up for debate, but I digress.

Gimme your best shots. Nominate your contenders. Size is not everything here; proportion matters more! e.g., London Ontario's highrises are almost all commieblocks. Longueuil is commieblock paradise.

Where is Slabsville, Canada? What is the commieblock capital of the land?

My nomination: London, Ontario. Behold:

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Originally Posted by Wharn View Post
I vote the entire Oxford/Wonderland intersection in London, Ontario.
Looking north on Wonderland Road:


Wonderland and Oxford, looking north by rising_sun_19, on Flickr

And to the south:


Wonderland and Oxford, looking south by rising_sun_19, on Flickr
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