The late modernist community in the late socialistic block of flats: the issue of urban neighbourhood vitality in Poland

Abstract The question of the big-city neighbourhood seems important due to discussion on condition modern cities. issue is centred problems sustainable development and designing social relations. problem in relation various forms residence triggers a rooted classic issues sociology as discipline. In proposed article, researchers address late socialistic block flats, attempting diagnose urban community developmental context Central Europe, based neoclassic concept ‘spatially determined circle’. text introduces ‘socialist modernism’ using available European literature. research part, data obtained from an online survey subject conducted 2019 three Polish cities nationwide same are statistically analysed. linear regression analysis suggested relative vitality form residence, whose sources both economic social. traditional accommodation neighbourhoods has become hotly debated political that scientific reflection phenomena integration disintegration this context, housing not only for diagnosis purposes but also predictions forthcoming decades. case be analysed herein flats (LSBF) Eastern countries, which some anachronistic whereas others partial solution insufficient market dynamics intended meet people’s needs. we ask four questions hypothesis regarding LSBF Poland. first partly theoretical conceptualisation circles: To what extent does living modify one’s sense belonging circle? second concerns empirical findings neighbourhood: What assessment related declared LSBF? third more specific subjects affect depth neighbourly relations? fourth last relates notion Does length impact interactions between neighbours therein? concerning present-day cannot answered without historical references city socialist modernism. It genetic perspective dating back several decades can understand process, been marked by few fundamental tribulations.