It's only you: in Russia developers build huge amounts of affordable housing (good mass transit availability, small/tiny units, high rise buildings) and get a lot of criticism for that.
Critics focusing on poor aesthetics of high/wide buildings, lack of greens and parking spaces, overload of civil infrastructure such as child care/schools. But it's quite obvious you can't have all of that taken care of and keep the existing price tag. Speaking of which, a basic studio apartment on the outskirts of SPb could cost you as few as 20k$ a few years back, especially if bought early in development cycle (which does carry some risks).
Critics focusing on poor aesthetics of high/wide buildings, lack of greens and parking spaces, overload of civil infrastructure such as child care/schools. But it's quite obvious you can't have all of that taken care of and keep the existing price tag. Speaking of which, a basic studio apartment on the outskirts of SPb could cost you as few as 20k$ a few years back, especially if bought early in development cycle (which does carry some risks).