Let me shed a tear for these massively overpaid engineers who will now have to make only measly 2-3x of the average wage
Welcome to most of Europe.
Also wanted to add that when we want to feel less trapped we can very easily escape to many other nice places that surround us in the near vicinity, I usually go for bookstores and coffee-shops (from where I’m writing this comment), other people also choose parks, bike-rides, stuff like that. We manage.
1. Apartments can be perfectly fine for a happy life, everywhere across the world.
2. Conception and child upbringing do not mandate having a house.