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Years ago large apartment complexes used to be called “projects” /“ghettos” and if the economy starts to decline we’ll end up with many across the United States.
Many of the apartment buildings have individually owned units. I own an apartment in a lovely building that was built to high quality standards and has nice amenities in a central area. Even if it declines in relative price as it ages, this building will never be a slum. It isn't bare bones worker housing. It is a radically different animal from a "project", all they have in common is both being urban housing. It won't ever be overly neglected because owners want to protect their investments and keep care of their common spaces.
Maybe in some areas, but where I live this is what happened.
Years ago many large apartment complexes were very upscale and classy, often the residents were singles and young professionals. This occured because there was great demand for such places during these times, the 1960s 70s and 80s. My city had maybe a half dozen "projects" and hundreds of nice apartment complexes. Many of these former nice places have turned into ghettos as times changed and areas declined.
Modern midrises seem more cookie cutter than the blank glass towers. I don't have the budget to live anywhere trendy, so not my problem, but I wonder how much future and what future is in those blocks of bland. They are a couple floors too tall for stairclimbing and the roofs are flat. They could have floors removed and new pitched roofs added, or they may become just more semi-abandoned slums.
Where I live most apartment building are 3 stories and have multiple buildings so they don't have to put in an elevator (which I believe is required above 3 floors). There are a few high rise buildings in the area but I have heard nothing but complaints from the people who live there especially about the parking. I've never lived in a high rise but I have lived in a few apartments before buying my own house last year.
Unless it was super well insulated I would never do it again. Between the neighbors with their sound system and bass which reverberated through my unit to the upstairs neighbors who walked like they were 400 pounds wearing cement shoes to all the cooking smells, no thank you.
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That's not really true. There's currently record-breaking construction of large apartment buildings (50+ units) across the country and only a small percentage of them are affordable to low- or even middle-income people. And pretty much none of them are "projects" in the way you're describing.
Well, I suppose it would depend on where one lives (it is however occurring in some areas of the country) but if one is able to qualify for a Section 8 housing voucher the possibilities are endless.
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Projects were/are public housing and were commonly referred to as "instant slums".
Attitude of many residents was "I don't own it so what do I care?"
I can't imagine what this might feel like after one has invested their money in owning an apartment or condo in a luxury high rise, in a desirable and expensive area. Like it or not...what becomes of their investment regarding appreciation of said property?
Just saying...
July 26, 2014
Poor families use 'supervouchers' to rent in city's priciest buildings
I can't imagine what this might feel like after one has invested their money in owning an apartment or condo in a luxury high rise, in a desirable and expensive area. Like it or not...what becomes of their investment regarding appreciation of said property?
Just saying...
July 26, 2014
Poor families use 'supervouchers' to rent in city's priciest buildings
Bias 1: Poor people are inherently terrible to have as neighbors. Well, no. They're not. Criminals are terrible neighbors, crackheads are terrible neighbors, wild unsupervised kids are terrible neighbors. But just not having money doesn't make any of that automatically true. And anyone who has been around the block a few times knows that there are certainly affluent buildings and neighborhoods where only one or two trashy people can make life terrible for their neighbors. The focus should be on behavior, not income.
Bias 2: The government has no business enabling the poor to live in upscale neighborhoods. This is actually a smart move --as far as it can be done-- because the short-term costs to society are far less than the long-term costs of leaving poor families in areas of concentrated poverty. Much recent research has show that poor kids who move to affluent neighborhoods when they're young have far better life outcomes than they otherwise would. So government spending on getting the poor into better neighborhoods is a smart move, though it's often strongly opposed by many middle- and upper-middle class residents.
Projects were/are public housing and were commonly referred to as "instant slums".
Attitude of many residents was "I don't own it so what do I care?"
That's what I'd think If I didn't know what I was talking about either.
The attitude of let's throw thousands of poor people into a building and still render them less social services and opportunities than "other" people and let's collectively act surprised when it turns into an incubator of crime.
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