that's why the pap is genius. instead of relegating pubic housing to only the destitute and losers of society (like in u.s.), all walks of life except the wealthy are social-engineered into various sections, blocks, and floors of hdb flats. even racial mixes are proportionate per block, representative of general population distribution - a reason why you don't see blocks exclusively occupied by chinks, or nehs, or malays. if u.s. follow sg and offer affordable housing (not necessarily ownership) in expensive urban centers, gentrification for millenials who cannot afford to buy apartments will inevitably mix with ghetto, and the outcum may be the triple g demographical change: gentrification chases away ghettos chases away gangbangers. in one fell swoop, pap coalesces swamp natives, kampung folks, slum dwellers, shophouse tenants into flat neighbors and new town residents. and they all believe they actually "own" their homes and pour more money to beautify them. if it's not genius, i don't know what is.
