Unknown Azerbaijan...Ismailli...

From what I hear from older people buying a car was not only financial but equally if not more political, social challenge in Soviet times as Communist Party did not think that every citizen "did deserve" the car and other things...(as a separate subject it amuses and irritates me a lot how people create artificial hierarchies and limits for each other with numerous objective and to my opinion mainly subjective reasons)...So people were unhappy...
Modern independence brought market economy what in return brought lending and other opportunities and voilà people buy one-two cars and here is Baku and not only with traffic jams, more road accidents etc, etc...So people are unhappy...
Below is the picture of only communication link to couple of villages in Ismailli (region of Azerbaijan)...this link I suppose has been the same be it Soviet times or market economy...