Blocks of flats are awful places. No garden to put up a workshed, or greenhouse or anything at all, or play with your dog or kids (and no dog - it would be cruel to keep a dog in a flat and not have it able to roam a garden all day), they're noisy, loud neighbours can be above, below, to the left, to the right, and in front ...

You can't modify your home how you'd like, can't choose what utility companies run into your home, can't let your kid cycle up and down the street and still be able to see and hear them from the windows etc.

I see your point about density absolutely, but I HATE flats. Awful places.

I also hate how people have started trying to make them sound fancy and posh by calling them "apartments" to try to sound fancy and European/French, as if that will make them more appealing.