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> There have been drug dealing and knife fights in her block. There is “always shouting and arguing”, she says. “The children are frightened.” The key point ab
by luckylion 6y ago
> There have been drug dealing and knife fights in her block. There is “always shouting and arguing”, she says. “The children are frightened.”
The key point about the issue, in my opinion, is that it's not the type of building or the location that makes it a terrible place to live there, it's the neighbors. Don't get me wrong, the location and floor plan aren't helping, but they're not the issue why most large scale public housing projects fail.
- crispyporkbites 6y agoPeople are subjects of their environment, not the other way around. Architecture makes an enormous difference to crime/safety.
- luckylion 6y agoArchitecture doesn't create crime, but it may well look that way because we generally build the cheapest way possible when building public houses for socially-challenged people. But it's still the people that create the problems, not the building. The next generations that grows up in those buildings aren't being shaped by the building itself, they're shaped by the culture that the inhabitants create.
- throwaway0a5e 6y agoA police state also makes an enormous difference to crime/safety. You know what a police state has in common with architecture optimized for reducing crime and increasing safety? Nobody actually wants to live there.