Apartments

In the USA, they're called apartments; in the UK they're called flats.

They are a modern invention. I don't particularly like them. I don't think it's good for so many people to live so close together. It's not good for people to live on top of each other. I don't understand how people can live above the second floor. It's not natural to live in the sky. The thing I hate most about apartments are the lifts (Americans say elevator) and the fact there's no garden. More and more people are moving into apartments. This creates problems with overcrowding. There aren't enough spaces to park your car, there's nowhere to throw your rubbish and you have to wait ages to reach your floor. Give me a little house with a little garden any day.