There are already lots of people who voluntarily want to demolish the house they own to build apartments; why not allow them to do so first, before we start talking about making people do it against their will?

Well it's about allocating the cost. Surely the cost of intensification should be paid by those needlessly intensifying.

Certainly amongst technology firms there is little need to be in a particular place. That requirement is largely down to a power play and lack of management and organisational skill

I think adding more people to a city is a benefit, not a cost.

Most people moving to urban areas do so because they like all the good things that come with high population density.

It's only a problem when you artificially restrict the supply of new housing and create a shortage.