[x220]

>you can't just say "well buy somewhere else"

You can, for the most part, if you don't make it harder than it needs to be to build apartment complexes.

[vorpalhex]

You can't put 256GB of ram in your desktop and expect it to run faster.

You can't replace one house with 16 apartments and expect it to work as well.

Parking, noise, litter, etc. It's not fair for a developer to push their direct costs onto the neighborhood instead of eating it themselves.