>It's completely unsupported to say that people in apartments socialize less than people in houses, and likely opposite the truth.
I've never seen apartment residents socialize more than suburban neighbors anywhere I lived or visited.
I don't have numbers, but the isolation of apartment living in cities is a common trope in movies and literature, and a constant complaint of people moving to cities or going away from them.
I've never understood this complaint. Do these people not have hobbies? Just use Google and Facebook and you'll find a group or ten of kindred spirits to join.
They also have jobs and families and city commutes and other such stuff. It's also easy to see someone with a common interest during some 1-2 hour weekly session, and only that.
In the end, the closed door few common areas of apartment buildings (not talking about expensive condos with shared pools and stuff), means people see each other and interact less than some neighbors in a rural/suburban neighborhood.
I've never seen apartment residents socialize more than suburban neighbors anywhere I lived or visited.
I don't have numbers, but the isolation of apartment living in cities is a common trope in movies and literature, and a constant complaint of people moving to cities or going away from them.