These are the 'monotonous, soulless' apartment blocks the Soviet Union was famous for. They stretch on for miles, and they seem to be based on only about three or four different plans. Everything the Soviet citizen might need should be within walking distance, and anything further was a metro ride away. Yes, these suburbs are built to extraordinarily high density, but it means that nothing is very far. For a country whose language has no word for 'privacy', having your friends close by is a bonus.
Many people find the monotony horrifying.
If it's not television, it's the multitude of flashy advertising, all of it competing for our attention. We didn't spend millions of years evolving under those conditions and I'm not convinced it's healthy. Under the Soviet system, there was little advertising, and even now, it's mostly confined to the center of Moscow. Out at Chertanovo, it's quiet.