At this point, property prices in central Baku weren’t astronomically high because of oil boom. But the absence of the oil boom’s visible effects also meant Azerbaijan in 1999 looked like a sub-Saharan country:
As the oil boom intensified circa 2006 after the opening of BTC pipeline, the influx of oil-related capital into Baku drove property prices around tarqovı to millions of USD territory. Downtown Baku became a playground for “new Azeris”, a nouveau-riche class that made its wealth through opaque, frequently criminal ways after Azerbaijan’s exit from the USSR. Nowadays, the area is mostly populated with Indian/Khaleeji tourists and suspicious Azeris.
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I bet it looked like this all the way till around 2008. That whole covering all olden building surfaces with the prefab stones movement that started around then did disgusting things to cities. fuck, it now looks like a generic copy pasted street from anywhere around Targovy
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Baby Emrah painting was the best part
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Folks from the photo studio on the right are still well alive and work just around the corner.
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Such a vivid look. Seeing all these art displays on every corner is cool
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That street used to be really beautiful.
At this point, property prices in central Baku weren’t astronomically high because of oil boom. But the absence of the oil boom’s visible effects also meant Azerbaijan in 1999 looked like a sub-Saharan country:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBY7b4UzF00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBY7b4UzF00)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38AnrFoD1Bo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38AnrFoD1Bo)
As the oil boom intensified circa 2006 after the opening of BTC pipeline, the influx of oil-related capital into Baku drove property prices around tarqovı to millions of USD territory. Downtown Baku became a playground for “new Azeris”, a nouveau-riche class that made its wealth through opaque, frequently criminal ways after Azerbaijan’s exit from the USSR. Nowadays, the area is mostly populated with Indian/Khaleeji tourists and suspicious Azeris.
I bet it looked like this all the way till around 2008. That whole covering all olden building surfaces with the prefab stones movement that started around then did disgusting things to cities. fuck, it now looks like a generic copy pasted street from anywhere around Targovy
Baby Emrah painting was the best part
Folks from the photo studio on the right are still well alive and work just around the corner.
Such a vivid look. Seeing all these art displays on every corner is cool