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The city proper includes places like Pierrefonds, Town of Mount Royal, St. Laurent and Lachine. Lots of single family houses, not like in cities in the developing or old world. Sure, probably more people are raised in apartments then in many cities north of Mexico but it's very far from being virtually everyone. Not to mention the SFH dominated suburbs of the metro, where many Montrealers were raised.
It's also worth noting that the vast majority of apartments in Montreal are not those huge towers, but are generally a maximum of three storeys high.
In terms of percent, I guess it's Singapore or Monaco (is there anyone raised in Monaco who wasn't raised in an apartment?)
But in absolute numbers I guess it's Brazil, or Russia, or Japan, or maybe China...
Anyway, I wonder how being raised in an apartment affects the personality of a person. Would my personality be somewhat different if I was raised in a house? Maybe....
I was raised in an apartment building, even though i'm not sure i'd call it that way as it was completely owned by our family, this is quite common in Southern Italy, especially outside of larger cities, anyway all over Europe people are mostly raised in apartment buildings, in a city like Milan and probabòy in its surroundings too, virtually everyone is raised in a flat. In Rome. it's already quite different as there's quite a few suburbs as city limits are large due to the annexion of the surrounding towns during fascism
This is still part of Rome, despite being about 15 km from the city center:
In Belarus, as well as other post-Soviet countries, most people grow up in apartment buildings. The vast majority of people I know live in flats. Minsk and other cities are full of apartment blocks which can be anything from 2-3- to 25-storeyed houses (mostly 5-12).
That being said, pretty large parts of our cities -- even cities proper, not suburbs -- are occupied by so-called "private sector" which looks somewhat weird as modern cottages are mixed with old ugly wooden houses.
Russia and almost all of Eastern Europe, South Korea, Singapore, and HK would be the answers (HK is technically not a country but is usually not grouped in with China either, as totally separate economic and political system, and with controlled borders).
Western Europe is much less so, but Southern Europe is much more apartment-oriented than Northern Europe. Compare Spain, Italy and Greece to the UK, Norway, and Germany.
The least apartment oriented countries? Perhaps the U.S. and Australia? Canada and Mexico also aren't very apartment-oriented. South America is much more apartment-oriented than North America. Compare Brazil to Mexico, for example.
Western Europe is much less so, but Southern Europe is much more apartment-oriented than Northern Europe. Compare Spain, Italy and Greece to the UK, Norway, and Germany.
Not true. The UK is dominated by single family homes, and the UK, as a whole, has comparatively little apartment living.
Compare London to Paris, for example. Paris is vastly more apartment-oriented. Even in London's center, many people live in single family homes. In Paris proper, single family homes hardly even exist.
And Paris is nothing compared to a Seoul, which is like 90% apartment blocks metro-wide.
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