Quote Originally Posted by Jojoya View Post
The difference between a condo and apartment has to do with ownership and occupancy, not layout. A townhouse, which is layout based, can still be an apartment.

There's nothing wrong with the OP's suggestions for apartments in general, though YoshiP has told us that the apartment system memory does not allow for expansion of apartment size. SE would need to create an entirely new apartment system to allow upgrades and if they were going to go that route, might as well invest the time and resources into a full blown instances system for houses.
would just be better over all to make new apartment system if that's the case, not instanced housing. Yoshi p doens't want instanced housing he wanted large active housing communities. instanced housing goes primarily against his concept.