I’m from Poland.

I’m talking Soviet-style, grey concrete commieblocks

So the commieblocks are always:

• few minutes walk from school, kindergarten, grocery, doctor’s office, post, dentist and bus stops
• sane distance from another block
• either surrounded by good greenery, or next to a park
• surprisingly good quality
• small elevator
• little parking spaces

Vs “modern” blocks:

• large elevator
• the blocks are so close, if you open your window you could pee in the neighbours coffee cup
• usually surrounded by pavement, cement, or car parking
• better at noise reduction
• you’re more likely to need a car to go to doctor’s office or drop your kids off, or go to the grocer.

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To me the ideal is the commie era urban planning with modern techniques, but that’s uncommon.