Have you ever lived in one? The architecture wasn't pretty, but thy have a lot of upsides too: Everyone has enough space for a family. There's a real sense of c

Have you ever lived in one? The architecture wasn't pretty, but thy have a lot of upsides too: Everyone has enough space for a family. There's a real sense of community. There's plenty of green space and playgrounds. They're also super-sturdy. I have to admit that I really prefer soviet apartment blocks to, for example: * massive cramming of housemates in London, New York, San Francisco, or similar areas with rent going to a landed gentry * to being saddled with mortgage debt which takes half of my post-tax income, with that going to a financial system * to living outside of economically-viable areas, where cheap housing might be found, but where I have a lousy job or many of the other pathologies of the current market. The capitalist model works just fine when land is cheap or free, as it was for most of America's history. Once it's about inherited land ownership and collecting rents, it breaks down. However, in a democracy with public housing, you'd likely end up with something much nicer than soviet-style apartment blocks. Compare British health care to soviet health care.