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I don't know the UK situation in much depth but one of the things I read was how they were disconnected from the rest of the community (socially, services, tran
by cpursley 3y ago
I don't know the UK situation in much depth but one of the things I read was how they were disconnected from the rest of the community (socially, services, transport, etc).
- KaiserPro 3y agoindeed, some of it was/is. However in london it was (mostly) slammed in on bombsites/ex industrial places: https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/council-releases-map-of-1500-planned-homes-42344 https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/council-releases-map-of... southwark has the most council estates. the further out boroughs did try and put their estates far out. Places like thamesmede (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thamesmead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thamesmead) failed because there was literally nothing else around (thats improved significantly, 50 years later)