I am not sure if they are terrible for all the people but for me the noise is a huge deal: always had been sleep-deprived when I lived in apartments. On top of

I am not sure if they are terrible for all the people but for me the noise is a huge deal: always had been sleep-deprived when I lived in apartments. On top of that there are tons of tiny things that combine together into miserable conditions: the bare minimum appliances (many apartments don't have even a washer/dryer and ones that have usually come with an electric dryer), pest infestations, mold, tobacco/weed smoke and other smells from neighbors in shared ventilation/windows, slow maintenance, elevated crime activity (an apartment complex parking is a big juicy target for any enterprising thief, as is its mailroom), your deliveries going to your neighbors and their deliveries to you (at any time of night too) etc. etc.