Why do animals crowd around food sources and not spread out into the desert?
Land has little value by itself. It's proximity to jobs and services that drives lot value (and permits to build on it).
There's a spectrum of housing between high rises and single family houses. Legalizing duplexes, townhouses, condos, fourplexes, etc. would relieve a lot of the housing shortage. And if someone wants to build a high rise on a arterial street to downtown, that is a good fit. Do we want to actually fix housing shortages or do we value the "character of the neighborhood" more?
Land has little value by itself. It's proximity to jobs and services that drives lot value (and permits to build on it).
There's a spectrum of housing between high rises and single family houses. Legalizing duplexes, townhouses, condos, fourplexes, etc. would relieve a lot of the housing shortage. And if someone wants to build a high rise on a arterial street to downtown, that is a good fit. Do we want to actually fix housing shortages or do we value the "character of the neighborhood" more?