On 2013-08-27 11:21:00 +0000, Offramp said:

Was it Pruitt-Igoe?

Yes - in research I'm doing I came across a paper that shifts the blame
somewhat from the designers/architects, who usually get the most blame,
to the underlying poverty factors.

There's an article here and link to the paper.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/prosp...housing?page=1

E.