You can find these types of construction even in some places in Western Europe (France for instance), only to a lower extent. Back when they were first constru

You can find these types of construction even in some places in Western Europe (France for instance), only to a lower extent. Back when they were first constructed people wanted to live in them: http://cartespostalesmoches.free.fr/cpm/images/95-Sarcelles-02.JPG http://cartespostalesmoches.free.fr/cpm/images/95-Sarcelles-... https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9uRJvieheZU/XrzoXnoH72I/AAAAAAAAwk4/IJdX_PMRDI4q5JsNZZzuoSHUKS7B77U0wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Talence%2Bcite%25CC%2581%2BHLM%2Bde%2BSantillanne.jpg https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9uRJvieheZU/XrzoXnoH72I/AAAAAAAAw... https://www.letelegramme.fr/images/2017/05/09/cartes-postales-bons-baisers-des-quartiers_3418349_1024x682.jpg?v=1 https://www.letelegramme.fr/images/2017/05/09/cartes-postale... You had all the modern comfort at a reasonable price. Of course most of these buildings aged terribly and now they're mostly inhabited by very poor people. Now you see these decrepit, often crime-ridden "cités" and you wonder why anybody ever thought that was a good idea.