[wocka]

> It's insane to me that my hometown of 1M people in Brazil has more tall apartment buildings than Philadelphia, with incredibly better amenities.

Would you mind sharing what the amenities are that you are referring to--both the in-building and neighborhood amenities? In the US I've seen gyms, swimming pools, shared hosting spaces, and some child-friendly spaces, to name a few.

[mlinhares]

Pools, BBQs, gyms, playgrounds, multi sports courts, party rooms, stores and restaurants.

In PHL unless you’re paying big money in a new or refurbished building in center city (and there aren’t that many) you’re out of luck.

Doesn’t help that schools also suck and are heavily segregated, which ended up forcing us to move to the suburbs into a single family home to raise our kids as we knew we wouldn’t have enough money to send them to private schools and didn’t want them on the public system there.

[voisin]

Just to add on to this, a number of older buildings in my city in Canada (say late 1960s to mid 1970s construction) even had woodworking shops as common amenities! Today there are pet washing stations, EV chargers, outdoor rooftop patios, movie theatres, etc. It’s incredible.