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I don’t think it fails, but it does come from a specific cultural perspective.
Those are “ugly Soviet buildings” built by the government. That already communicates cost and the unwillingness to bear it in the US.
Exactly. It's not hard to keep the exterior of those buildings looking nice. You just have to pay someone to maintain it.