Where I live (Ostrava, a heavy industry city which expanded massively during the 19th and early 20th century), there are some worker colonies left, which were b

Where I live (Ostrava, a heavy industry city which expanded massively during the 19th and early 20th century), there are some worker colonies left, which were built by the mining and steelworking companies around 100-120 years ago. The houses are somewhat modest, but low-key beautiful (redbrick architecture similar to England and very rare in Czechia), and they were real houses, suitable for families and situated in a walking distance from the workplaces, schools, churches and marketplaces. It seems to me that building them was a fairly good idea.