One of the problems with mainly anglophone countries is that they have made other kinds of housing so difficult or even illegal to build in large swathes of maj

One of the problems with mainly anglophone countries is that they have made other kinds of housing so difficult or even illegal to build in large swathes of major cities that single family homes - big, with everything far apart, is the only reality. No one is saying everyone has to live in apartments. But people who want to live in apartments should be able to where there is demand. Nearly all new apartment stock in, say SF, is "luxury" instead of just being straightforward apartments or multi family dwellings.