>>1970348this is the same issue as with public transit, or any public space. if people in your country suck, you'll want to be surrounded by as little of them as possible. tokyo shows that even with an extremely high density and large amount of people you can have great living conditions, and an environment so safe little toddlers can go out and do errands by themselves. homogeneity, social safety, mutual trust and respect, responsibility and care, things like that. manhattan for example lacks all this and consequently is a complete shithole. as for noisy neighbors, modern isolation techniques can make a huge difference.
