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I don’t think this would work in the US. Not in much of the country anyway. Eastern European style commie blocks, though rudimentary (eg no elevators in many)
by mikrl 2y ago
I don’t think this would work in the US. Not in much of the country anyway.
Eastern European style commie blocks, though rudimentary (eg no elevators in many) solved a pressing housing problem post war in that part of the world, in societies that were quite collectivist even before collectivisation.
Compare to the reality of housing projects in the UK and US, constructed around the same time but which were demolished, or became synonymous with urban blight.
- slothtrop 2y agoI don't think it would work were it to represent most of the market, but this is a drop in the bucket. Historically the US had more social housing. I would be concerned if this spiraled into a call for expansion without so much as addressing the need for zoning reform.
- bluGill 2y agoIn in Eastern Europe those blocks were not considered acceptable housing, they just could be built fast and cheap. The intent was to replace them with something nice, but the economy could never afford to do that.