How does your culture feel about high or medium density housing?
I was watching a video about Whittier, Alaska today and was struck by how diverse the comment section was. Some youtube commenters would say the whole thing is incredibly dystopian while others said it looked cozy. I was wondering if geography had anything to play in it.
In New Zealand we have something called the quarter acre dream (Kind of like the American dream to a small extent, we are similar cultures at the end of the day). Basically the idea is to own a quarter acre of land with one or two cars. As such outside of big cities there aren't as many apartments as you think. They get viewed negatively, as being “anti new zealand”. Even Medium density (Town houses and the like) housing gets viewed in this way.
I also think a part of this may be generational but I don't have any proof of that. Just a gut feeling.
I know in some cultures it’s way more common, and some countries are big enough where there's no one answer for the entire country (Looking at you US.)
Personally, I’m probably going to try and get a townhouse or apartment when I look for a place to live. I don't need all that space.
Extra thought: Honestly even though Whittier is probably not ideal, looking at the second slide I like how little it encroaches on the woods around it. Sometimes I worry about the urban sprawl in NZ, as people would rather build out then up. I love our nature.