i do know some of these places ended up as disasters, but it seems like they were designed to fail:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruitt%E2%80%93Igoe#Decline
Decline
By 1958, just four years after the opening of the project, deteriorating conditions were already evident.[32] Elevator breakdowns and vandalism were cited as major problems[33]—Yamasaki later lamented that he "never thought people were that destructive".[34] Ventilation was poor, and the buildings lacked centralized air conditioning despite St. Louis's hot and humid summers.[27] Meanwhile, the St. Louis Housing Authority was in the midst of a decades-long problem with inefficient and costly maintenance of its buildings, partly attributed to the power of labor unions.[35] The stairwells and corridors attracted muggers, a situation exacerbated by the skip-stop elevators.[33] Its location in "a sea of decaying and abandoned buildings" and limited access to shopping and recreation (ground-floor businesses had been eliminated from the design to save money[21]) contributed to its problems.[36] Despite its size, the complex had no public mailbox.[37] The huge, 11-story buildings of the development were reportedly a magnet for criminals and vagrants from the surrounding low-rise slums;[36] a 1959 audit reported that most of the vandalism was done by transients rather than residents,[38] and a 1967 report similarly found that a "relatively large proportion" of crimes were committed by outsiders.[39] Large criminal gangs were not common in the project.[40]
i imagine it is a snowball effect in either direction.
that is, malignant design probably with official neglect from everyone in power quickly starts a downwards spiral, whereas the opposite leads to a well-maintained community that just ends up bumping up against a racist/classist glass ceiling where at least residents still have a chance at a dignified life, including and especially the children. and plenty of in-between.
but, don't know.
...someone made a movie: