RE: A Few Days in Tbilisi - Georgia

You are viewing a single comment's thread from:

RE: A Few Days in Tbilisi - Georgia

View the full context

namiks in Worldmappin • 13 days ago

I've been living in Tbilisi for about half a year now and I can safely say I despise it. ;^)

It felt like living in a courtyard.

I somewhat expect that when it comes to the rentals here, for short-term that is. Especially with how old a lot of the buildings are. The other day in Vake one huge Soviet era building caught fire and the entire rooftop collapsed and the entire building cannot be used for the time being. Homes here are either old, or heavily neglected. A few more modern places being built around Vake and Saburtalo.

The prices for those rentals are insane though, especially when monthly rent here ranges from as low as 350 dollars. Mine is just $400 in Saburtalo.

How did you find the traffic/Americanisation with how car reliant the city is? Things are even more chaotic lately with the protests going on.

13 days ago in Worldmappin by namiks

0.00 ARCHON

1 vote

Sort:

Trending

[-]

ellie-mai 12 days ago

Thank you for your comment. It's very valuable that you've been living in Tbilisi for about half a year and are sharing your experiences so honestly. I absolutely agree with your observations about the old buildings and their neglect. The fire in Vake was saddening and shows how serious this problem is. 😔

Regarding the issue of traffic and Americanization, I also agree with the chaos created by Tbilisi's car dependency. The fact that the public transportation system cannot fully keep up with such a car-focused city and remains inadequate is one of the main reasons for this problem. The city's infrastructure and planning are struggling to respond to this increasing number of vehicles. Thank you again for sharing your experiences and observations in such detail.

0.00 ARCHON

3 votes

[-]

namiks 12 days ago

The city's infrastructure and planning are struggling to respond to this increasing number of vehicles.

Yeah in other areas outside of Old Tbilisi the car dependency is insane. Especially with Vake not having its own metro line. And Saburtalo's metro line only goes through the middle of the district. It's all Soviet built as expected. I wouldn't say the metro is bad, probably the better mode of transport. Especially recently with how chaotic it is with the protests. Even in Saburtalo as I type this there's endless sires, whistles, and shouting.

I think it can be a nice place to explore, not the city particularly but the country. But the more time I spend here, the more I think Armenia was the better, lesser-known neighbour.

0.00 ARCHON

1 vote