On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:27:09 +0100
Robin9 wrote:
High rises work well only if the tenants are educated, civilised,
responsible people. If the tenants are the slob/yob element,
the shared sections like the lifts, stairs and doorways, become
"polluted" - I won't go into details - and the other tenants stop
caring and the whole building, indeed estate, becomes a slum.

Blocks of flats in Kensington are immaculate and much sought
after because of the people who live in them.

Ditto the Barbican. However scum will ruin an area no matter what the
architecture, its something neither the 60s planners nor the people now
obsessed with knocking down the 60s blocks and replacing them with houses seem
to understand.

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Spud