Why is it really not very good to live in Tbilisi? 7 weighty arguments

The popularity of Tbilisi is growing year by year: the ancient city, full of attractions – from sulfur baths and thousand-year-old monasteries to unusual creations of modern architects – cannot but attract attention. However, all its architectural wealth, inexpensive cafes with delicious food and the smiles of the locals cease to be noticed, it is worth living here for a little more than six months. More precisely, along with the merits, completely different things begin to catch the eye, which the captious “Subtleties” could not keep silent about.

1. Poor housing stock

There are a great many high-rise buildings in Tbilisi that have been 70 years old. Some of them look like they are all 200, because they are decorated with shabby facades, dilapidated balconies with gas water heaters hanging right on them, and filthy entrances. New buildings in the Georgian capital also sometimes cause criticism: many of them are rented out with poor-quality repairs. And the private sector often looks really emergency. A distinctive feature of the residential quarters of the city is the abundance of self-construction. New rooms are being added to the apartments from the outside, which block the light of the inhabitants of the lower floors, garages, summer kitchens and mini-houses are being erected in the yards. Local authorities do not particularly fight with them.

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2. Spontaneous parking

Visitors rarely get cars, because there are big problems with parking in the city. Locals are accustomed to park their cars where they like best: on lawns, right next to entrances, and even where they interfere with other road users. In addition, driveways to houses can be blocked by spontaneously installed barriers or concrete blocks – new car owners are not welcome here.

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3. Unscheduled outages

In Tbilisi, due to outdated or damaged equipment and endless repairs in houses, everything that is possible is regularly turned off: water, electricity, elevators. Together with the light, the Internet disappears, which does not please those who work remotely at all. There is nowhere to complain about the shutdown of elevators: the houses do not have management companies, and even the old-timers often do not know who is responsible for the common property.

They say that there are few boutiques of world brands in Tbilisi, supermarkets and malls do not impress with their assortment, cultural events are small-town.

4. Ecology

Locals smoke a lot, throw garbage on the streets or throw it out of car windows. In addition, there are a lot of old cars in Tbilisi, which greatly pollute the air, and few “green lungs”: trees are constantly trying to be cut down for some kind of building. All this provides the city with a reputation as one of the dirtiest in the country. However, what pleases me is that the situation is gradually changing for the better. en/e0/ene0zigphsoc84o04s0sokwoc.jpg” media=”(max-width: 549px)”>

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5. Services

One of the most frequent complaints of those who have moved is no Georgian service. A taxi driver may not know how to get to the right place, couriers do not deliver orders on time, service in restaurants is impolite. Contracts for renting apartments are not accepted. Good specialists in any field can only be found through local acquaintances or those who have lived in Tbilisi for a long time.

6. Language is indispensable

In order not to feel like an outcast, you need to know the Georgian language. Yes, stations are announced in English in the metro, the names of restaurants can be written in Latin, and in a store or on the street, Russian is most likely to be understood. But the rest of life goes on in Georgian: documents are drawn up in it, rules are published, names of routes are written. Moreover, it will not work to “guess” this language as Belarusian or Bulgarian: the Georgian alphabet has nothing to do with either Cyrillic or Latin.

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7. Somehow everything is not in the capital

Those who moved here from large Russian cities or the capitals of Ukraine and Belarus talk about Tbilisi. There are few boutiques of world brands, supermarkets and malls do not impress with their assortment, cultural events are local. And the need to constantly turn to the recommendations of friends on all issues generally resembles life in the village. In addition, Tbilisi, largely due to the mentality of the locals, is completely uncharacteristic of the dynamics of the capitals. However, for some, such an exceptionally measured rhythm of life even becomes a plus.

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