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And how do you know that people aren't cooking because the kitchens are not conducive to cooking rather than the apartments being intentionally made that way because no one that lives in an apartment cooks? I'd wager on the latter.

I don't have the will to type another long post so I'll let Wikipedia do the talking :p

Exactly. It doesn't make sense at all.

Thanks for confirming my statement. A very big proportion of apartments are single use - i.e. a big block of units and nothing else. In most parts of the world where apartment living is common and not a "novelty", apartment buildings are mixed use. That is, there are shops and services on the...

That's because apartments in Australia are largely 1) pretty poor quality compared to elsewhere in the world and 2) the number of suburbs that are are actually designed and/or suitable for apartment living are far fewer in number than the number of suburbs that have apartments.

I think the location of the dwelling is kind of important as well? I would hate living in a unit in the outer suburbs as it's quite pointless but I would be perfectly happy living in one in a mixed use area with good infrastructure.