Maybe this is more specific to California apartment buildings and houses, especially in Southern California, but I've noticed that the vast majority of buildings from the 1950s-1970s are made of horrible quality and aren't standing the test of time at all, whereas buildings from earlier than that are far better/sturdier.
These buildings so often have paper thin walls, shit finishes around the windows where the metal lining looks like it's popping off, cheap popcorn ceilings, and you can hear everything from your neighbors because there's so little insulation. It's interesting because you always hear older people say that things were of better quality back then.
Does anybody else notice this in there city? Was there just a massive housing boom back then?
Literally the worst building I ever lived in (the one with the faux-brick facade):
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7793...8192?entry=ttu