The Great Australian Dream of owning a house might be beyond many millennials but higher-density living forces you out to meet people
y father lives in the next suburb, but I can count the times he’s been inside my home on one hand. Two fingers, actually: after the birth of my son and after the birth of my daughter. It’s not because we don’t get on – I love Dad and he loves me. But he is a boomer who bought a four-bedroom, three-garden house for $2 in 1974, and I am pushing 40 and live in a flat.
Sandwiched above, below and to one side by other apartments, our place is cool in summer and warm in winter. A neighbour can easily pop up the back stairs and crack a can of Fancy Feast for our cat when we’re away.During lockdowns, the woman next door left gifts on the mat for our toddler: piles of shells, helicopter leaves, the latest supermarket collectible.
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