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Re:Why Intervention Often Leads to Worse Outcomes by AlbertCory on Sunday February 12, 2023 @11:46AM (#34764267)
> any chance you could dig up a reference to this for us?

you could search for Robert Taylor Homes in Chicago (torn down) or Pruitt-Igoe towers in St. Louis (torn down), for starters. Or the Cabrini–Green Homes in Chicago.

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Re:Why Intervention Often Leads to Worse Outcomes by zamfi on Sunday February 12, 2023 @12:56PM (#34765008)
Ah, thanks, yes I'm familiar with the legacies of torn-down public housing projects.

It was the private ones and the implied comparison that I was after -- but now that I'm re-reading the parent post maybe there was no comparison, just a long sentence describing public housing projects as torn-down neighborhoods with high-rises...

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