There were actually two types of Soviet blocks in general terms. The first type was based on community and had a lot of greenery, a lot of community shops in walking distance, and those are actually worth quite a lot of money nowadays.
The rest were those that were built in order to rapidly provide housing to workers as industrial capacity was being massively built up.
In any case, in my city, the most iconic and beautiful housing structure was public housing, so if done right it can be beautiful and amazing to live in.
Otherwise, the private housing market is always there as competition.
If there's anyone I'd trust to get it right, it would be the Berlin lefties. Hopefully they are successful and set a good example for others to follow.
There were actually two types of Soviet blocks in general terms. The first type was based on community and had a lot of greenery, a lot of community shops in walking distance, and those are actually worth quite a lot of money nowadays.
The rest were those that were built in order to rapidly provide housing to workers as industrial capacity was being massively built up.
In any case, in my city, the most iconic and beautiful housing structure was public housing, so if done right it can be beautiful and amazing to live in.
Otherwise, the private housing market is always there as competition.
If there's anyone I'd trust to get it right, it would be the Berlin lefties. Hopefully they are successful and set a good example for others to follow.