[gutnor]

> start with silly zoning laws perhaps

Why not keep them and invest in remote working instead of packing even more people in major cities. You probably work most of your time with remote people anyway and tech is definitively there.

Also it is a lot easier to organise plenty of small towns (think hospital, school, road infrastructure, ...) rather than a megacity where you can have literally thousands of people per block.

[eru]

Let the people who want to be packed live in major cities. Than we have more space left over for people who prefer sparser living.

Singapore and Hong Kong seems pretty well organised. Even other big cities like New York seem to work reasonably well on an organisational level. Hospitals, schools, road infrastructure are more efficient with shorter distances and diversified over more people's demand.