In some places, I've read that a key point in degrading society (let's say social engineering) is surrounding ourselves with ugly architecture. Living in areas filled with horrible buildings has a very negative effect on our souls. I had never really considered this, but the other day I had an experience that made me believe it for sure. I had arranged to meet a friend to chat and take a walk, as I had been feeling down for a few days. We met in a place plagued by the typical dystopian apartment blocks that are so common in Europe, and after a while, I thought of going to the bourgeois area of the city, a beautiful place full of 19th-century mansions by the sea. While I was there, my mood multiplied by five; I immediately felt, while walking through that place, how beauty came to me like an antidote, something that the ugliness of the previous area prevented from flowing.

What's your opinion on this?