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Originally Posted by fireman

But yet sometimes they select an area and spend an absolute fortune on it their does not seem to be a standard.

Think its a re-run of the 60's/70's where the planners thought everyone would like to live in "Tower Blocks". Blackburn built some, and demolished them, but they are still paying for them even now.
All down to the planners and some bright spark architect, that think they can read the minds of normal people, and know how they want to live, or live in.