> 'Family' and 'Apartment' are words that don't go very well together. In the USA it seems, everywhere else lots of families live in apartments, houses are exp

> 'Family' and 'Apartment' are words that don't go very well together. In the USA it seems, everywhere else lots of families live in apartments, houses are expensive and/or far away from jobs. > Children/large families can be noisy. Yes, they can. You can also get a single neighbor blasting music at ungodly hours. > they benefit from safe outdoor space to play. There is this invention called parks, you know about them? It's open space which can be used by anyone. > For the childless WFH-er trying to concentrate, it's not much fun when kids noisily use the communal areas of apartment buildings as a playground. Complaint to your hoa or something.