> forward looking and idealistic planned communities, today neglected and infamous for their social problems. I meet many people who believe tall buildings = s

> forward looking and idealistic planned communities, today neglected and infamous for their social problems. I meet many people who believe tall buildings = social problems. But when you go to Boston, the places infamous for their social problems aren't tall buildings. They have triple deckers like this: https://goo.gl/maps/a5iJXP5FE4t https://goo.gl/maps/a5iJXP5FE4t Cars were shot up on that block over the weekend. Neighborhood has the same triple deckers as parts of Cambridge where each of those buildings would fetch $2MM. Despite people's beliefs that social problems come in the form of tall buildings like Pruitt–Igoe, the honest truth is that the causes of social problems generally are not related to the shape of the building. In the case of Pruitt-Igoe, one only has to look across the city to Cochran Gardens to see that success came in exactly the same building form.