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by andrepd 2859 days ago
I've no idea what you mean when you say "cities have unlimited housing". Should we just bulldoze everything and build skyscrapers, is that your idea of a good city to live?
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Not everything, but North American cities need a lot more skyscrapers. Instead most North American cities sprawl.

Density increases innovation. Density decreases travel carbon emissions.

I don't know about North America, but replacing everything with skyscrapers is simply not the least bit desirable in the vast majority of city centres in Europe, for example.

A city of skyscrapers would also make a pretty dystopian city, the way I see it.