Why up not out?

Apartments are built up, they fit more people in on a small block of land. They bring in money for the investors.

But is it necessarily a good thing for people to be living in such conditions? I think we were meant to live beside and next to each other, not above/below. Although the sizes of apartments appeal to me, I'm uneasy about sharing a common wall with others. Especially if a neighbour happens to be a smoker. I hate smokers, they irk me to no end. I don't know how those people can live with the stench of decaying smoke clinging to their clothes and skin. It's sickening. So, I don't want to live next door to someone who smells like that and whose stench might invade my personal space by way of the common wall we share. So, a house it is for me.

I'll get there one day. Never mind the costs of everything going north. I do wonder though, candles vs electricity? Which works out better cost wise?

Anyway, back to my original thought. If everyone had a small parcel of land, say 100m2, then we could build out and not up. Granted the government here needs to get off its backside and do some work for a change and get the public transport fixed. I don't question the difficulty of it all, I'm sure its all complex and all that but let's get real here. NSW is sorely lacking in many things. It's going to take a strong person to make change happen and its evidently not Gillard.