100 years ago the population of California was 3.4 mil vs 6.7 mil in the Netherlands. Today California has 40 mil vs 17 mil. The problem is not "too many restrictions on development" its too much development, which has ruined the quality of life. You want to add more people? How many more?
> It's bad development, not development itself. Car centric, bad public transport, low population densities in cities, etc.
If its so bad, how come its so expensive and people want to move there? The population of Amsterdam is the same as it was 60 years ago. It isn't popular, I'm not sure why you think its a good model - esp as it restricts development so strictly.
