Suburbs are objectively shite.

Maybe the older ones are decent (1/4+ acre lot) but anything built in the last 40 years is trash. I used to work on these and I can assure you that every corner was cut.

People go and pre-order these things. They buy them before they're built, know nothing about construction, and so the builders just slap them together from a template to maximize profit. If you're living in a suburb, I guarantee there are serious issues with your house that you don't even know about.

I just did a job for a guy in a "luxury" suburb development. He lives on top of a hill, in a windy area, and they used shitty 3-tab shingles and nailed his siding; the roof didn't last 10 years and he hired me to stick his siding back on.

They also put some decorative pieces on to look like attic vents. He thought they were metal rusting, nope, painted spray foam literally dissolving in the weather. They didn't even screw it on, just pounded a couple of 6 inch spikes right through the vinyl siding.

At least in an apartment I'm not on the hook for fixing that nonsense.