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It's not that expensive to build massive amounts of housing that anyone can afford. But it looks like this:

US version: [1] USSR version: [2] French version: [3]

"You can't stack poor people who drink."

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Taylor_Homes

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khrushchyovka

[3] http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/magazine/15elections.t.htm...

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The problem I see with these kinds of housing developments is that you're taking stressed out people with problems and sticking them in small boxes very close together. That's going to compound social stress and amplify bad influences. Something like 3D printed housing seems better to me because you could give each person an entire house to themselves and give them enough of their own territory to where they would feel secure and comfortable.

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