im thinking about renting an apartment, aka a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building
I guess that could have it's pros and cons
well yea living in apartment building can be good or bad as you say, but as it consists of many apartments for rent it is usually cheaper than a house
I guess you can only hope for good neighbors and a cooperative land lord
yea i guess so, in scotland, it is called a block or a flat
Is apartment dwelling more popular in some areas as opposed to others?
in North America (although in some cities "flat" is used for a unit which is part of a house containing two or three units, typically one to a floor). In the UK, the term apartment is more usual in professional real estate and architectural circles where otherwise the term "flat" is used commonly, but not exclusively, for an apartment on a single level (hence a 'flat' apartment).
In some countries the word "unit" is a more general term referring to both
layouts.
An apartment (in American English) or a flat (in British English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies only part of a building. Such a building may be called an "apartment building", "apartment house" (in American English), "block of flats", "tower block", "high-rise" or, occasionally "mansion block" (in British English), especially if it consists of many apartments for