I used to live in an apartment then decided to buy a house for reasons such as wanting to have a yard / outdoor space (wanted to buy a big dog among others), leave city life for suburban life for peace & quiet, family-proof (place where I’d want hypothetical kids to grow up in), etc. After experiencing both I prefer house over apartment.
It’s a sad fact that much of the problems people have with apartments is simply due to their low quality construction. It’s perfectly possible to build a sound-proof apartment.
I lived in a condo with thick concrete walls and floors but there’s only so much you can do about the doors and windows.
It wasn’t unbearably loud but I was gifted a paint and was mortified to learn my neighbors could hear me learning to play thanks to the vibrations
Same is true for most houses though.
I live in more modern suburban neighborhood where homes are close together and can hear the dude who lives four houses down on the same side of the street as me play his shitty rock music all night. Mainly, it’s the bass that carries since it’s a long wavelength but occasionally mids and highs as well.
Not really when the windows in my house are nowhere near my neighbor’s. My condo had a central staircase and a rear walk-up that were both well-uses
We need to bring back the Jeffrey Dahmer era of apartment construction.
That…is quite the sentence!