# Why aren't really small apartments more common in the US?

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**Created:** [March 27, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-really-small-apartments-more-common-in-the-us/961807 "2022-03-27T23:43:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-really-small-apartments-more-common-in-the-us/961807/10 "2022-03-28T01:15:05Z")

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> [@kenobi\_65](#):
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> Just a note on U.S. terminology – here, the word “apartment” is usually used specifically for a dwelling unit in a multi-unit building, which occupants rent.

Yes, we had a thread about this:

> [@Buying an apartment in the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-an-apartment-in-the-us/939446):
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> Whenever buying vs renting is discussed it sometimes seems to be an assumption that you buy a house or rent an apartment. Is this usually the case? How often do people buy apartments? It seems to skew the rent vs buy discussion a bit, because a house is likely to cost a lot more in upkeep.

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