Looking at these stacked apartments in Hong Hong and seeing that they seem to "work", yet in the US these stacked apartments, usually located in the inner city have almost always been failures and end up being torn down.
In the US often this type of housing is often subsidized,rental. Maybe in Hong Hong, the apartments are owned. And yet, there are also stacked rental units in the US that also work. Is income the only factor, or why does it seem that there is a racial component to it as well? http://news.yahoo.com/photos/hong-kong-vertigo-photographer-captures-the-urban-grid-slideshow/