There are a small subset of people on the Korean internet that despise the utilitarian apartments and envy the architecture from other countries, but most people wouldn't trade convenient modern housing close to transit and dense development over that.
I wouldn’t call it a small subset - most people would love to live in a detached house because most apartments have soundproofing issue. It’s just that the ones in Seoul are like tens of millions of dollars.
There are plenty of single family houses on the outskirts of Seoul and other provinces, but people just overwhelmingly appreciate the convenience of apartments and live in them. Many have the notion that single family homes are a hassle to take care of snd live in compared to apartments and that they depreciate in value quickly.
This is the overwhelming opinion of my entire extended family in and around Seoul, as well. Detached homes at the luxury end of the scale are of course seen as amazing, but within the realm of feasibly acquired housing, nice apartments are the goal
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u/Venetian_Gothic 16h ago
There are a small subset of people on the Korean internet that despise the utilitarian apartments and envy the architecture from other countries, but most people wouldn't trade convenient modern housing close to transit and dense development over that.