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This has to be one of the most horrible tower I have ever seen. Well, every big tower like those are horrible. What, you want big towers like that ? You think that's how we fix the housing crisis ? Not really..
What is good ubanism then ? 4 to 5 story building max, mixed use, no cars, 5minutes walk to everything you need, great architecture so it's nice to walk in the neighborhood. That's what we need. We want human scale, not some horrible bullshit like this. That's not a city, it's a nightmare. That's not beautiful, that's depressing. That's not great architecture, that's just some concrete box stacked on top of each other. If this is what you want, read about ubanism. If you think this is beautiful, you probably have horrible taste. And if you think that's needed, well, that would be like applying a bandaid on someone that lost his legs. We need a fucking surgery to fix our cities, not that bullshit "let's build horrible concrete tower that will ruin the land for decades.l, because housing crisis".
If I was living in a tent under an overpass, I'd LOVE to move into a building like that.
You've never been homeless have you? I've been homeless. Literally this year. A place to sleep and shit with a lock on the door is way better than a bunch of lying employers and real estate agents sucking me dry while I'm sleeping in the weather and working full time.
Commie blocks are great at that, and certainly better than nothing. They served their purpose really well when they were built, for example, and we can definitely learn from them. But still, quality of life wise, they really aren't the best. So with all the wealth we currently have, it should be easily possibly to create affordable/free housing that has all the benefits the original commenter demanded. I'd gladly take prefab mega buildings over people living on the streets, but when we get to choose and plan cities for the future, they shouldn't be our first option.
Oh yeah. If we can do better, we should do better.
What's the good urbanist response to homelessness?
Less fucking road, less cars, more co-op housing. Leta stop wasting space for cars, and use that space for mixed use housing.
It's a prison.