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Re:To ease the housing crunch, more places end single-family... by raldi on Saturday February 11, 2023 @11:50PM (#34759904)
30 million Americans own apartments; 40 million rent them. So yes, buying apartments is absolutely something that happens in the United States, and will happen more if the prices come down.
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Re:To ease the housing crunch, more places end single-family... by unethical_ban on Sunday February 12, 2023 @06:36PM (#34768381)
What are you calling an apartment?

I know of no one in my life, acquaintance or otherwise, who has equity in a unit of housing in a building with a large number of units. And if someone does, that's typically called a condo, which at least in my 2 million person city is not common compared to houses or rental apartments.

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Re:To ease the housing crunch, more places end single-family... by raldi on Sunday February 12, 2023 @10:26PM (#34769790)
Your anecdotes aside, "About 30 million Americans live in co-owned homes, including 1 in 5 homeowners in metropolitan areas."

Source: https://archive.is/eFvQJ , under the heading, "Condos of all kinds, everywhere"

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Re:To ease the housing crunch, more places end single-family... by unethical_ban on Monday February 13, 2023 @12:45AM (#34770539)
Ah, so "condos". Like I was asking you. Thank you for the source.
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