It might come as a surprise to the author that the reason the rest of the world lives in "apartments" is that they are grotesquely overpopulated ! Never mind Europe - please visit  the ME, China, Japan, Korea, ... standing room only or uninhabitable empty space, desert .... If you think that is a natural state of affairs - I do not. Canada has so much space and environmental resources that there is no need to live in termite stacks - excepting the brain washed crowd in "Toronto" ...

People acctually prefer a house on some property - but our nanny state indoctrinated herd instinct believes a screen is reality.