It is believed that living in apartment buildings is lonely, as there is no sense of community, while others think that high-rise apartment livers have much better community spirit than private house owners. It may be true that life in an apartment is companionless, but I believe that private house inhabitants have worse sense of community than those who live in high-rise apartments.
On the one hand, apartment livers may seem to have poor sense of community as they spend most of their time outside their homes. This is because commonly they do not have much space in their homes, so they travel, go for walks or meet with friends outside. However, people who live in blocks of flats must share facilities such as a lift, a yard or children playground. Moreover, they are likely to see each other often as they live near each other. Therefore, such neighbours may become friends, provide each other with some help and communicate together. To illustrate, my friend lives in a high-rise apartment. She has built great friendly relationships with almost all her neighbours. Sense of community in their house is truly amazing.
On the other hand, inhabitants of private houses do not communicate with such a number of people. This is because mostly they do not have any neighbours with whom they would share something. Private house livers are mainly concentrated on fostering their own homes. As a consequence, level of sense of community in such areas is lower than it is in blocks of apartments. For example, my family lives in a private house. We do not have a shared elevator or corridor with our neighbours, and there are not so many of them. Everyone is mostly busy with prospering their own homes, so we do not have a great sense of community.
In conclusion, although some may think that people who live in apartments are lonely and have a poor sense of community, I argue that community spirit is high-rise apartments is more developed than in private houses.