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Nevertheless, as with any other comparableurban renewal projects, these efforts might not be reducing inequality. I wouldargue that social tensions are fewer in Marseille than in any other French citybecause of its socio-spatial structure. On a recent visit to Marseille I couldwitness that on the one hand the social housing blocks are spread all over thecity, be it in the centre or further out. On the other hand, what is also verydistinctive and different from other cities is that these blocks are notsurrounded by a ill-defined  semi-or quasi-public space usually in the form of a poorly maintained lawn, but theyare interlocked with the surrounding urban fabric. Therefore their ground levelcreates urban qualities that tower-on-the-lawn-typologies are not able tomaintain. Hence, these structures enhance an integration of less-affluentpopulation in the inn