I mean the US has much less soulless housing, and we have enough housing for everyone. The issue is we have a society that doesn’t care to house the homeless.
The issues with the brutalist blocs built in Eastern Europe is usually more about the soulessness and drearineess of the architecture.
People on the streets is far more soulless than gray concrete housing. Especially because concrete can at least be painted over to make it look better.
I think you misunderstood my point. That concrete block design came about due to a push for efficency and quickly rebuilding post WWII. So it was either house more people quickly or nice looking houses.
The US hasn’t really ever had to make that decision. We have enough houses as is for the homeless. The design of our homes/apartment buildings is not our limiting factor, it’s our policies and approach to housing and the homeless.
I mean the US has much less soulless housing, and we have enough housing for everyone. The issue is we have a society that doesn’t care to house the homeless.
The issues with the brutalist blocs built in Eastern Europe is usually more about the soulessness and drearineess of the architecture.
People on the streets is far more soulless than gray concrete housing. Especially because concrete can at least be painted over to make it look better.
But look how colorful the tents are!
I think you misunderstood my point. That concrete block design came about due to a push for efficency and quickly rebuilding post WWII. So it was either house more people quickly or nice looking houses.
The US hasn’t really ever had to make that decision. We have enough houses as is for the homeless. The design of our homes/apartment buildings is not our limiting factor, it’s our policies and approach to housing and the homeless.
What’s a house go for now in Sanfrancisco?
Given 2/3 of it is zoned for single family homes I’d assume its still not cheap.