>>1352595>So it's either small apartments in nice neighbourhoods, or nice roomy mcmansions in awful soulless sprawl.Nah there's a sensible solution.
Also, the new apartments in America are pretty big (over 90 m^2 for a 1-br) and usually have a patio.
The older ones from the 70s are a lot cheaper and you can get a huge renovated one for cheap.