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by dindobre 761 days ago
"Four-Story Limit (21)" "There is abundant evidence to show that high buildings make people crazy."

Does anyone know more?

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The full book contains several citations, here's one:

> The strongest evidence comes from D. M. Fanning ("Families in Flats", British Medical Journal, November 18, 1967, pp. 382-86). Fanning shows a direct correlation between incidence of mental disorder and the height of people's apartments. ... And it is not simply a case of people prone to mental illness choosing high-rise apartments.

A Pattern Language was published in 1977.

I've read the book before but I guess I kinda forgot about this point. Scary.