What do you think of high density housing?

Question

Do you like being crammed together, or would you prefer a detached house with a garden? (Further from the shops, detached are.)
Repeat question (asked at the wrong time of day before.)

Answer 1

High-density housing has been shown to be unhealthy in many urban studies, because it forces people to live in too close proximity to each for comfort. When you have to hear every little sound your neighbor makes and you know the same is true for you, it really does not make for a nice environment. There are many nice projects which aim at resolving such issues, but they are too expensive for many people. So, I would choose a house myself.

Answer 2

I guess it depends on what type of high density housing you live in. If you are talking about government projects as they have in Chicago and New York I would definitely prefer detached, but if you are talking about a high density condo with swimming pools, sauna, gym, security, etc that is entirely something different.

The Federal Housing Authority has found that high density living is not the right way to go and have been tearing down old high density projects for detached housing. They have found that the moral and character of the tenants change for the better in detached housing.

Until March of 2006 I lived on the 34th floor of a condo in Manila, Philippines with all the amenities and found it quite enjoyable. I could not hear anything from the neighbors. The only think I missed was having a yard for a dog. I must admit I did feel more secure knowing that someone was close by and that the building access was monitored.

Answer 3

I live in a semi and want to move to a detached eventually. I hate high density housing and used to rent a flat which had a barrelload of noisy tenants upstairs and a bloke who piled rubbish up and was granted an ASBO on the floor below me. Ugh!

Answer 4

I don't think it's a question of the housing being high density. I think it's a question of bad behavior being tolerated, which leads to annoying neighbors, violence, and finally, crime. Stress on families because of money and health problems can also lead to an increase in crime.

Consider Asian countries. Japan has an average of 327 persons per square kilometer in 1990, high compared with China (119) or the United States (twentyseven ), but lower than in some other Asian countries, such as the Republic of Korea (South Korea), which has 432 people per square kilometer. Both of these countries do not have the ethnic diversity of many Western countries, so it's easier to hold to their culture and preserve traditions of nonviolence (Confusian beliefs)

Here are some interesting facts.
Murder rate for males age 15-24 (per 100,000 people):
United States 24.4
Japan 0.5

Rape (per 100,000 people):
United States 37.20
Japan 1.40

Armed robbery (per 100,000 people)
United States 221
Japan 1

Death rate of 15-to-24 year olds (per community of 200,000 per year):
United States 203
Japan 96

Children under the poverty level:
United States 22.4%
Japan 0%

Size of Middle Class (More):
Japan 90.0%
United States 53.7

Percent of population covered by public health care:
Japan 100%
United States 40%

Average Household Savings
Japan $45,118
United States $4,201

America has the greatest inequality of income and wealth in the industrialized world
So for some cultures high density housing works, and for some it doesn't.
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Answer 5

I like high density housing.

Answer 6

i hated it,i used to live on the 14th floor of a a block of flats,i had a dog lover living below me,a junkie living opposite and a prostitute above me,as you can imagine i didnt get a lot of peace and quiet.

Answer 7

Semi-detached will do. Isolation is not for me.