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Australians hate apartments. A 2021 Bankwest Survey found that 60% of Australians would prefer to live in a free-standing house, with only 15% choosing apartments. But with our cities sprawling out of control, and a housing supply shortage that is fuelling our housing and rental crisis...our cities have no choice but to start going up. Australians are probably going to have to get over their dislike of apartments if we want any hope of continuing to house millions of people in our cities. So why exactly do we hate apartments in the first place? Find out in this video.

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Sources:
Source 1: Bankwest survey into generational dwelling preferences https://www.bankwest.com.au/about-us/...
Source 2: ABS (percentage of dwelling types) https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/peo...
Source 3: ABS (most apartments are in Sydney) https://www.aaadvocacy.net.au/post/ab...
Source 4: Lendi article on cost of strata https://www.lendi.com.au/inspire/prop...
Source 5: Look Up Strata on percentage of property cost VS strata https://www.lookupstrata.com.au/strat...
Source 6: SMH article on Vicinity Canterbury development https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/...
Source 7: ABC article on Skyview development https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/...
Source 8: ABC article on Mascot Towers https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-1...
Source 9: Canstar cost of home insurance https://www.canstar.com.au/home-insur...
Source 10: Airtasker cost of house maintenance https://www.airtasker.com/au/costs/ge...
Source 11: Fair Trading changes to building legislation https://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/ab...
Source 12: NSW Government ten year defect insurance https://www.nsw.gov.au/housing-and-co...
Source 13: ABC article quoting Chris Duggan https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-1...
Source 14: ABC article on Condell Park house collapse https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-2...
Source 15: SMH article on need for bigger apartments https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/c...
Source 16: Sydney dwellings by bedroom number https://profile.id.com.au/australia/b...
Source 17: ANU survey on Australian’s perceptions of housing https://www.abc.net.au/news/story-str...
Source 18: SMH article on Haberfield featuring Vincent Crow https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/t...
Source 19: USYD article debunking the viability of decentralisation https://www.sydney.edu.au/content/dam...
Source 20: The Guardian article about essential workers being priced out https://www.theguardian.com/australia...

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