Prince Charles went on the attack, accusing them of being blights on the landscape; sociologists accused them of destroying neighborly sentiments and being breeding grounds for criminals; psychologists said they made people lose any feeling of "home" and gave rise to teenage gangs; architects also exclaimed that high-rise architecture does not actually save space.
查理王子頻頻出擊，控訴它們是醜陋的景觀殺手；社會學者指責它是破壞鄰里關係的元凶、製造犯罪的溫床；心理學家說它讓人失去「家」的歸屬感，造成青少年組幫結派；建築學者又聲稱，高層建築並未真正節省空間。