Have we really progressed?

This is how our grand parents lived 50 years ago. Agraharam comprising of houses with common walls in a linear manner.



And this is how we live today! Apartments comprising of houses with common walls on both the sides and on top & bottom stacked vertically.

Can we call this progress?

Considering the social advantages one had living in an agraharam that meant community living, the isolated life in an apartment is akin to a prison.