[Zacharias030]

>Pretty much every western nation has systemically failed to recognize or support the insanely high demand for high density living in the 21st century.

While I agree that we have an unsolved problem here, isn't a city's government mainly responsible to do good by the people who inhabit that city and make up its electorate? That's how western democracies work, so no surprises there.

I know of many people all over the world who would like to move to the US and still the 'insanely high demand' has not been supported.