Are there those types of apartments in the US? The apartment complexes in NYC and California that I recall are not like that. Also, I don't think the parent po

Are there those types of apartments in the US? The apartment complexes in NYC and California that I recall are not like that. Also, I don't think the parent post by harimau777 was comparing specifically with suburban single family houses. A like-with-like comparison in the same or similar neighborhoods seems more appropriate. I was more addressing his statement that "only the rich can have homes that give true ownership and everyone else is stuck in multi-family homes", pointing out that for many, multi-family homes are preferable to single family houses. Finally, to your point of living within walking distance to various shops and services. Sure, high end shopss will congregate near high-income neighborhoods, but high density neighborhoods will attract businesses even if the residents are not wealthy, due to the density driving sufficient volumes to the businesses. Thus it's likely more a matter of whether zoning allows mixed use.