[readonkeyless]

Can anyone speak to the quality of the apartments built too? I imagine a large part of affluent families choosing to continue to live in apartments is because their quality of living doesn't decrease. Whereas I feel the median apartment in the US has issues with noise between walls/windows, low quality flooring/cabinetry, and depending on the area you may not even get the benefits of mixed used zoning.

[littlecranky67]

Depends where you live and what you buy. Older buildings are pretty noisy, and Spaniards in general are loud and less noise-aware than elsewhere.

I live on the canary islands in a new building - modern dry walling has made leaps in sound isolation even though we do no thermal insulation here. Cant complain.