I live in a multi housing building and its a NIGHTMARE. A drug dealer moved in next door and he smokes all kinds of synthetic drugs 24/7 the shared walls and gaps are so thin the drugs leak in to my home. The person above me has some sort of mental condition, he wakes up at 12:45 am and starts drumming the floor with his hands, runs around and moves the furniture all night everyday. There isnt a damn thing i can do about this other than pack and move. the hoa is an exercise in futility. I am now literally nauseously averse to “muti-unit” housing.
I have had problems with bad neighbors in my old apartment as well as out on county land. It's just a universal problem honestly. You are definitely right about American apartments sucking. But they have to get the money for parking from somewhere and it's usually building quality that suffers.
I agree, I've lived in such apartments and hated them. However, you will notice that such buildings are usually 50+ years old and barely maintained. The reason for this is the cost to create new ones is absurdly high due to planning restrictions at the city level. Any attempts to make modern and more livable structures are thwarted by local opposition.
Also, the lack of competition in the MFD housing market means that landlords can barely maintain them and people will not have other options. This is why it often costs $2k+/month to live in apartments that look like they may collapse at any moment.
However, if you can afford to live in a single family house I would say "Wonderful! Please do!"
