i live in an apartment which is a self contained housing unit on a single level.  Do you?
No, I live in a house with 3 bedrooms and a basement. We are in the Midwest where we sometimes get tornadoes, so basements are important!
Sounds like it!! I know they are called twisters, whirlwinds or cyclones but I have luckily never experienced one personally.
Neither have I, but there was one a town over from us. I believe they are more common in the southern half of the continent. Are there any hazardous weather conditions in your area?
not really luckily enough.  It just tends to be quite cold 12 months of the year lol. Thats why living in an apartment is fine.  We call it a flat or a tenament where I come from but all the same thing.
Are you from Europe? I'm in the United States where we call them apartments. I have never heard the term "tenament" before.
Im from Scotland so it is sometimes called a block of flats or a tenament.  It means the same thing though.  Its home no matter where in the world you are.
That's true! What is it like living in an apartment before? I went straight from my family's home to a dormitory to a house with my husband, so I don't know what it's like.
Its fine.  I would love a proper home someday soon though.  A proper family home with a garden and everything.  Multistory apartments with many stories do not suit my vision for a family.