In many places in the us, apartments are built in such a way where they come with all the negatives, but also without many of the upsides that apartments should have.

I know several people who live in apartments, but there still isn’t anywhere to walk to anyways!

Sure you might be able to, but if it requires crossing 80m of asphalt just to cross a street no one is going to do it.

I think that it is because many Americans have no experience with the other as a lifestyle.

Unsurprisingly, a large amount of people prefer the lifestyle they already have than one that is unknown to them.