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petertodd on July 18, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: The only tourist in Moldova

> and the modern street lamps turning into gas lamps.

Really? Gas lamps are usually the luxurious option, only maintained at great expense out of nostalgia; Moldova has almost no domestic gas production.

madaxe_again on July 18, 2024 [–]

Oh, I didn’t say they work - but yeah, they had a good bit of money a century ago and invested in modern infrastructure - and not a jot since in an awful lot of the regions.

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