[garinda]

I think the high density housing that is, and has, been demolised, ie: traditional stone built terraced housing, is preferable to some shoddy new builds set in green spaces, that aren't cared for by their tennants/owners, and have to be demolished some twenty years down the line.

Look at Battersea in South London, a traditionally working class area that appreciates, and has restored it's Victorian housing. People want to live there, either to rent or buy, and it's a thriving area now, after being a sh*t hole in the 60's.