> The only place I've ever heard someone say "I bought my apartment" is New York, but even that is just vernacular, because the governing body is some sort of a

> The only place I've ever heard someone say "I bought my apartment" is New York, but even that is just vernacular, because the governing body is some sort of association or condo board. It's not "just vernacular", it is perfectly proper formal English. For many non-Americans – and even it seems many Americans too – calling something an "apartment" says nothing about the legal structure of building ownership. I can find heaps of American news stories about people in the US buying apartments. Random example, this 2007 story from Fox News about the disappearance of a college student in Madison, Wisconsin [0]. It says regarding the victim that "Nolan, originally from Waunakee, had recently bought an apartment and moved to Madison from Whitewater, where she went to school". If Fox News is talking about people buying apartments in Madison, Wisconsin, then it is perfectly normal American English. Much more convincing than random Americans on HN telling me it isn't. [0] https://www.foxnews.com/story/cops-look-at-bars-surveillance-video-in-wisconsin-college-students-disappearance https://www.foxnews.com/story/cops-look-at-bars-surveillance...